744 So. 2d 1225 - Bryant v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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13 state decisions

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

1. “... [n]o such firearm allegation or reference to section 775.087(2) was made in the information to put appellant on notice that he was being charged in Count I `with use of a firearm' and faced potential imposition of a three year mandatory minimum sentence.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 835 So. 2d 1181 - Altieri v. State

2. “Although Count II charged appellant with shooting into an occupied building, the state cannot use allegations of use of a firearm in another count of the information to support imposition of the mandatory minimum term on Count I.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 835 So. 2d 1181 - Altieri v. State

3. “that a person who is convicted for aggravated assault ... shall be sentenced to a minimum term of imprisonment of three years if such person possessed a `firearm' or `destructive device' during the commission of the offense.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 835 So. 2d 1181 - Altieri v. State