State v. Sugasti’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

144 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 145 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[t]he provisions of this Act shall only have prospective effect.”

   18 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 836 So. 2d 263 - State v. Sanders · State v. Wilson

2. “[t]he mere fact that a statute may be subsequently amended, after the commission of the crime, so as to modify or lessen the possible penalty to be imposed, does not extinguish liability for the offense committed under the former statute.”

   13 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 170 So. 3d 317 - State v. Wilt · State v. Turner

3. “(E)(1) Whoever commits the crime of molestation of a juvenile when the victim is under the age of thirteen years shall be imprisoned at hard labor for not less than twenty-five years nor more than ninety-nine years. At least twenty-five years of the sentence imposed shall be served without benefit of probation, parole, or suspension of sentence.”

   4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. State v. Terry · 111 So. 3d 42 - State v. Alexander