655 So. 2d 111 - Reyes v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1995
Citation profile
319 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 319 later decisions — most recently February 2017 · most notably Nix v. State (2012), State v. Phillips (2009)
319 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on State v. Beasley · 635 So. 2d 1032 - Sutton v. State · 618 So. 2d 205 - Joyner v. State · 597 So. 2d 256 - Koenig v. State · 645 So. 2d 1 - Tomlinson v. State
Most-quoted passages
The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 319 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“the [trial] court is obligated to consider the defendant's financial resources and other factors in making the decision to assess ... costs.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage“(1) In all criminal cases the costs of prosecution, including investigative costs incurred by law enforcement agencies, and by fire departments for arson investigations, if requested and documented by such agencies, shall be included and entered in the judgment rendered against the convicted person. (2) If the court does not enter costs, or orders only partial costs under this section, it shall state on the record the reasons therefor. .... (5) The court, in determining whether to order costs and the amount of such costs, shall consider the amount of the costs incurred, the financial resources of the defendant, the financial needs and earning ability of the defendant, and such other factors which it deems appropriate. (6) Any dispute as to the proper amount or type of costs ordered shall be resolved by the court by the preponderance of the evidence. The burden of demonstrating the amount of costs incurred is on the state attorney. The burden of demonstrating the financial resources of the defendant and the financial needs of the defendant is on the defendant. The burden of demonstrating such others matters as the court deems appropriate is upon the party designated by the court as justice requires.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“must be imposed in every judgment against every defendant convicted of a similar offense. The trial judge has no discretion to dispense with these costs, and the defendant's circumstances and his or her ability to pay are not relevant to the decision. Publication of these costs in the Florida Statutes provides every defendant with adequate notice. State v. Beasley, 580 So.2d 139 (Fla.1991). The trial court is not obligated to announce orally the dollar amount of these costs or to separately identify the legal basis for these costs at the sentencing hearing.... Statutory costs that are”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.