751 So. 2d 106 - Lewis v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

19 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 19 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “statute allows the State to seek whichever sentence may imprison the defendant longer.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Michel v. State · 790 So. 2d 444 - Palmore v. State

2. “[b]ecause the [prison releasee reoffender] sentence is the longer of the two incarceration alternatives, it is the one that must be imposed.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Lewis v. State

3. “Because the PRR sentence is the longer of the two incarceration alternatives, it is the one that must be imposed.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Michel v. State