786 So. 2d 1173 - Carter v. State’s Empirical Analysis
2001
Citation profile
131
cited by 131 later decisions
2
states following
September 2018
most recently cited
130 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 630 So. 2d 521 - Hale v. State · 760 So. 2d 89 - Maddox v. State · 714 So. 2d 429 - State v. Mancino · State v. Callaway · Davis 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 131 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“a kind of punishment that no judge under the entire body of sentencing statutes could possibly inflict under any set of factual circumstances.”
10 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. Bruno v. State · Thomas v. State“[A] sentence is `illegal' if it `imposes a kind of punishment that no judge under the entire body of sentencing statutes could possibly inflict under any set of factual circumstances'....”
8 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. Fillyaw v. State · Bover v. State“(a) Correction. (1) Generally a court may at any time correct an illegal sentence imposed by it, or an incorrect calculation made by it in a sentencing scoresheet, when it is affirmatively alleged that the court records demonstrate on their face an entitlement to that relief, provided that a party may not file a motion to correct an illegal sentence under this subdivision during the time allowed for the filing of a motion under subdivision (b)(1) or during the pendency of a'direct appeal.”
5 later decisions 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.