Robinson v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

15 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 15 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “solely responsible for determining the appropriate sentence. The trial judge does not have to accept any sentence recommendation made during plea negotiations.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 919 So. 2d 1042 - Cameron v. State · 975 So. 2d 219 - Callins v. State

2. “When it appears to the satisfaction of any circuit ... that the ends of justice and the best interest of the public, as well as the defendant, will be served thereby, such court ... shall have the power, after conviction or a plea of guilty, except in a case where a death sentence or life imprisonment is the maximum penalty which may be imposed or where the defendant has been convicted of a felony on a previous occasion in any court or courts of the United States and of any state or territories thereof, to suspend the imposition or execution of sentence, and place the defendant on probation as herein provided, except that the court shall not suspend the execution of a sentence of imprisonment after the defendant shall have begun to serve such sentence.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. 852 So. 2d 82 - Weaver v. State

3. “Every person convicted in this state of a felony who shall have been convicted twice previously of any felony or federal crime upon charges separately brought and arising out of separate incidents at different times and who shall have been sentenced to separate terms of one (1) year or more in any state and/or federal penal institution, whether in this state or elsewhere, shall be sentenced to the maximum term of imprisonment prescribed for such felony, and such sentence shall not be reduced or suspended nor shall such person be eligible for parole or probation.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 1 So. 3d 886 - Watts v. State