Garden v. State’s Empirical Analysis
2004
Citation profile
11
cited by 11 later decisions
1
cited 1 times by the Supreme Court
1
states following
January 2015
most recently cited
10 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Furman v. Georgia · Dobbert v. Florida · Proffitt v. Florida · Spaziano v. Florida · M. Morrin & Son Co. v. Burgess Construction Co.
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 11 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The jury’s recommendation concerning whether the aggravating circumstances found to exist outweigh the mitigating circumstances found to exist shall be given such consideration as deemed appropriate by the Court in light of the particular circumstances or details of the commission of the offense and the character and propensities of the offender as found to exist by the Court. The jury’s recommendation shall not be binding upon the Court. 50”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Starling v. State
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.