884 So. 2d 950 - Richardson v. State’s Empirical Analysis
2004
Citation profile
48 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 396 So. 2d 1107 - Villery v. Florida Parole & Probation Com'n · 576 So. 2d 1310 - Perkins v. State · Bover v. State · 642 So. 2d 742 - Carder v. State · 862 So. 2d 807 - McCall v. State
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 48 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“In order to be counted as a prior felony for purposes of sentencing under this section, the felony must have resulted in a conviction sentenced separately prior to the current offense and sentenced separately from any other felony conviction that is to be counted as a prior felony.”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Because the language of these subsections is indefinite and susceptible of differing constructions, the rule of lenity applies; the statute must be construed in the manner most favorable to the accused.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“must have resulted in a conviction sentenced separately prior to the current offense and sentenced separately from any other felony conviction that is to be counted as a prior felony.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Brown 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.