Smith v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1996
Citation profile
8
cited by 8 later decisions
1
states following
April 2001
most recently cited
8 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 581 So. 2d 897 - Puffinberger v. State · 660 So. 2d 269 - State v. Darrisaw · 493 So. 2d 82 - Davis v. State · Zeigler v. State · Dawson 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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“A `trial court must have the benefit of a properly prepared scoresheet before it can make a fully informed decision on whether to depart from the recommended guideline sentence.'”
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.