Hodgdon v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

24 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 24 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “`were factors that were weighed in the original sentencing.'”

   5 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 859 So. 2d 613 - Moore v. State · 810 So. 2d 871 - State v. Witherspoon

2. “[W]e clarify our holding in Tripp to emphasize that a defendant who violates probation on multiple counts imposed consecutive to a prison term is entitled to credit for the time served on the prison term as to the entire sentence imposed on the probation violation, not against each individual count on which probation was violated.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Daniels v. State · State v. Matthews

3. “[T]his Court's holding in Tripp was intended to prevent the circumvention of the guidelines by treating sentences computed on one scoresheet as an interrelated unit. Tripp was never intended to provide a sentencing boon or windfall to defendants upon violations of probation.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Matthews · 885 So. 2d 376 - Gibson v. Florida Dept. of Corrections