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State v. Fleming’s Empirical Analysis

1999

Citation profile

6
cited by 6 later decisions
1
states following
July 2014
most recently cited

6 state decisions

Relationships

Relies on 732 So. 2d 1065 - Banks v. State · 714 So. 2d 1153 - State v. Merritt

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

  1. “offense was committed in an unsophisticated manner and was an isolated incident for which the defendant has shown remorse.”
    3 later decisions quote this exact passage
  2. “`having acquired worldly knowledge or refinement; lacking natural simplicity or naiveté.'”
    3 later decisions quote this exact passage
  3. “Id. at 1154 n. 3. Likewise, in Fleming , this court affirmed a downward departure sentence on the ground that a drug purchase was committed in an unsophisticated manner. Under the rule of lenity, section 775.021(1), Florida Statutes, we construe”
    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.