Browder v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1996
Citation profile
3
cited by 3 later decisions
1
states following
August 2001
most recently cited
3 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 460 So. 2d 268 - Calhoun v. State · 665 So. 2d 955 - Williams v. State · 581 So. 2d 1255 - Wade 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 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“"Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, any person who has possession of a firearm during the commission of any act proscribed by this section shall be punished by a term of imprisonment of five calendar years which shall be in addition to, and not in lieu of, the punishment otherwise provided, and a fine of twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000); the court shall not suspend the five-year additional sentence of the person or give the person a probationary sentence."”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Carter v. State“"The rationale of Williams applies to this case. Browder and Welch were convicted of conspiracy to traffic in marijuana, not of the substantive crime. Section 13A-12-231(13) may be applied only to enhance the sentences of defendants convicted of the substantive crime."”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“[a] criminal conspiracy to commit a controlled substance crime shall be punished the same as the controlled substance crime that is the object of the conspiracy.”
1 later decision 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.