State v. Baker’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

4 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 4 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
   e.g. 733 So. 2d 992 - Baker v. State

2. “the offense was committed in an unsophisticated manner and was an isolated incident for which the defendant has shown remorse.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Warner