Deason v. State’s Empirical Analysis

1997

Citation profile

cited by 2 later decisions

states following

July 2005

most recently cited

2 state decisions

Relationships

Relies on United States v. Public Utilities Commission · 643 So. 2d 668 - Lincoln v. FLORIDA PAROLE COM'N · 463 So. 2d 1184 - Auto-Owners Ins. Co. v. Prough · 400 So. 2d 813 - FLORIDA INS. GUARANTY ASSOC., INC. v. State Ex Rel. Department of Insurance · 487 So. 2d 59 - Keyes Investors v. Dept. of 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 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

“law means what its text most appropriately conveys”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent
e.g. 705 So. 2d 1374 - Deason v. Florida Dept. of Corrections · 908 So. 2d 360 - American Home Assur. v. PLAZA MATERIALS
“Any inmate who is convicted of a crime committed on or after October 1, 1988, which crime is contained in category 1, category 2, category 3, or category 4 of rule 3.701 and Rule 3.988, Florida Rules of Criminal Procedure, and who has served at least one prior felony commitment at a state or federal correctional institution or is sentenced as a habitual or violent habitual offender pursuant to s. 775.084 shall, upon reaching the tentative release date or provisional release date, whichever is earlier, as established by the Department of Corrections, be released under supervision subject to specified terms and conditions....”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
e.g. 705 So. 2d 1374 - Deason v. Florida Dept. of Corrections
“DOES AN INMATE WHO HAS BEEN SENTENCED AS A HABITUAL OR VIOLENT HABITUAL OFFENDER BUT WHO IS NOT CONVICTED OF A CATEGORY 1, CATEGORY 2, CATEGORY 3 OR CATEGORY 4 CRIME QUALIFY FOR CONDITIONAL RELEASE PURSUANT TO SECTION 947.1405(2), FLORIDA STATUTES (1989)?”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
e.g. 705 So. 2d 1374 - Deason v. Florida Dept. of Corrections

How this case has been treated — in progress

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