State v. Simmons’s Empirical Analysis
2012
Citation profile
4
cited by 4 later decisions
1
states following
June 2018
most recently cited
4 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on State v. Delva · State v. Weaver · Edwards v. State · 866 So. 2d 179 - State v. Mann · 973 So. 2d 1259 - State v. Stephenson
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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“decide whether the trial court [abused its discretion] in determining that the downward departure sentence was the best sentencing option for the defendant by weighing the totality of the circumstances in the -3- case.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“must determine whether the trial court applied the correct rule of law, and whether competent, substantial evidence supports the trial court's reason for imposing a downward departure sentence.”
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.