665 So. 2d 124 - State v. Hilton’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

5 state decisions

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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Where a sentencing court articulates the basis for the sentence, it would be a waste of judicial resources to vacate the sentence for failure to consider the old Guidelines and remand for resentencing under the new scheme which no longer requires consideration of those Guidelines.”

   5 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 670 So. 2d 1255 - State v. Washington · 678 So. 2d 59 - State v. Cooper

2. “[t]he appellate court shall not set aside a sentence for excessiveness if the record supports the sentence imposed.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 678 So. 2d 59 - State v. Cooper