775 So. 2d 1291 - Sims v. State’s Empirical Analysis
2000
Citation profile
9
cited by 9 later decisions
1
states following
March 2016
most recently cited
9 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Stringer v. State · Smith v. State · 604 So. 2d 271 - Wells v. State · 532 So. 2d 584 - Doby v. State · 625 So. 2d 395 - Hopson 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 9 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Every person convicted in this state of a felony who shall have been convicted twice previously of any felony or federal crime upon charges separately brought and arising out of separate incidents at different times and who shall have been sentenced to and served separate terms of one (1) year or more in any state and/or federal penal institution, whether in this state or elsewhere, and where any one (1) of such felonies shall have been a crime of violence shall be sentenced to life imprisonment, and such sentence shall not be reduced or suspended nor shall such person be eligible for parole or probation.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Foxworth v. State“the best evidence [of habitual status] is the judgment of conviction, but that other evidence suffices as well.”
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.