Dillard v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

11 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 11 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “(3) A single guidelines scoresheet shall be prepared for each defendant, except that if the defendant is before the court for sentencing for more than one felony and the felonies were committed under more than one version or revision of the guidelines, separate scoresheets must be prepared pursuant to s. 921.001(4)(b).”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. White · 998 So. 2d 1213 - Bradley v. State

2. “If an offender is before the court for sentencing for more than one felony and the felonies were committed under more than one version or revision of the guidelines, separate scoresheets must be prepared and used at sentencing. The sentencing court may impose such sentence concurrently or consecutively.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 937 So. 2d 1170 - Stang v. State

3. “one scoresheet shall be prepared for all offenses committed under any single version or revision of the guidelines, pending before the court for sentencing.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 929 So. 2d 710 - Daniels v. State