739 So. 2d 90 - Larkins v. State’s Empirical Analysis

1999

Citation profile

cited by 85 later decisions

states following

September 2017

most recently cited

6 federal appellate · 78 state decisions

Relationships

Relies on Sanders v. United States · Schlossberg v. Maryland Comptroller of the Treasury · Jones v. West · 283 So. 2d 1 - State v. Dixon · 668 So. 2d 954 - Terry 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 85 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

“most serious aggravators set out in the statutory sentencing scheme.”
33 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
e.g. Walker v. State · Sexton v. State
“The killing here appears to be similar to the killing that occurred in Livingston and to have resulted from impulsive actions of a man with a history of mental illness who was easily disturbed by outside forces.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
e.g. Crook v. State · 808 So. 2d 145 - Darling v. State
“is not a comparison between the number of aggravating and mitigating circumstances.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
e.g. 959 So. 2d 187 - Offord v. State · 940 So. 2d 389 - England v. State

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.