747 So. 2d 61 - State v. Johnson’s Empirical Analysis
1999
Citation profile
39
cited by 39 later decisions
1
states following
February 2016
most recently cited
39 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Strickland v. Washington · Jackson v. Virginia · State v. Dorthey · Lovett v. United States · 709 So. 2d 672 - State v. Johnson
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 39 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[he] is exceptional, which in this context means that because of unusual circumstances this defendant is a victim of the legislature's failure to assign sentences that are meaningfully tailored to the culpability of the offender, the gravity of the offense, and the circumstances of the case.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. State v. English
How this case has been treated — in progress
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