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← 75 SO3D 73 - Edwards v. State

Edwards v. State’s Empirical Analysis

2011

Citation profile

4
cited by 4 later decisions
1
states following
June 2018
most recently cited

4 state decisions

Relationships

Relies on Solem v. Helm · Rummel v. Estelle · 670 So. 2d 816 - Russell v. State · Nathan v. State · 907 So. 2d 985 - Frazier 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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

  1. “Generally, to sentence a defendant as a habitual offender, the State must prove the prior offenses by competent evidence, and the defendant must be given a reasonable opportunity to challenge the prosecution’s proof. However, where the defendant enters a plea of guilty and admits those facts which establish his habitual status, the State has met its burden of proof.”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage
  2. “to keep the jury from hearing evidence of ... previous felonies”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage
  3. “cases involving enhanced punishment for subsequent offenses.”
    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.