885 So. 2d 413 - Ritter v. State’s Empirical Analysis
2004
Citation profile
28
cited by 28 later decisions
1
states following
April 2019
most recently cited
28 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 573 So. 2d 284 - Holton v. State · 458 So. 2d 350 - Hubler v. State · K.N.M. v. State · 874 So. 2d 1215 - Soto v. State · 730 So. 2d 833 - Lyons 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 28 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Although remorse and an admission of guilt may be grounds for mitigation of a sentence, the opposite is not true.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.