Rivera v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

6 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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “It is the State's responsibility to prove that the defendant qualifies for sentencing as a habitual felony offender.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Wallace v. State

2. “A fingerprint expert or some other supporting evidence was required to connect the earlier judgments to Rivera.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 964 So. 2d 886 - Walker v. State