678 So. 2d 59 - State v. Cooper’s Empirical Analysis

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3 state decisions

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

1. “[w]here 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.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 771 So. 2d 780 - State v. Holder

2. “Therefore, the decision to include the penalties for the charged offense and all lesser included offenses in the jury instructions rested within the exercise of the trial judge's discretion.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 839 So. 2d 1183 - State v. Myers

3. “[o]ur law does not require that the judge charge the jury on penalty, nor, however, does it prohibit such a charge.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 839 So. 2d 1183 - State v. Myers