State v. Banks’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

2 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 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “What factors must be proven by a preponderance of the evidence to establish that the need for payment of restitution outweighs the need for a prison sentence to justify a downward departure sentence?”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 732 So. 2d 1065 - Banks v. State

2. “[T]he trial court made no finding of Banks' ability to pay restitution, as we [have] held to be necessary....”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 732 So. 2d 1065 - Banks v. State

3. “The need for payment of restitution to the victim outweighs the need for a prison sentence.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 732 So. 2d 1065 - Banks v. State