887 So. 2d 664 - State v. Vollm’s Empirical Analysis

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19 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 19 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “If the defendant is convicted of two or more offenses based on the same act or transaction, or constituting parts of a common scheme or plan, the terms of imprisonment shall be served concurrently unless the court expressly directs that some or all be served consecutively.”

   7 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 38 So. 3d 1102 - State v. Quinn · 944 So. 2d 820 - State v. Runyon

2. “The Court initially would note that the matter was sent back for some technical reasons for review. Specifically, the Court had ordered that [the defendant], and initially would go back and adopt the Court’s resertation [sic] of the pre-sentence investigation, which was reviewed and discussed extensively on the date of sentencing; that being August the 26th of 2005. At that time the defendant was, in fact, ordered to serve, as a result of that sentence, five years at hard labor without benefit of probation, parole, or suspension of sentence on the sexual battery count. And it was to be served consecutively with the molestation count for which he was ordered to serve ten years. Five of which were suspended with the condition that he be placed on supervised probation for a period of five years at the completion, or upon his release from incarceration from the consecutive sentences, under general conditions of Article 895, as well as a number of special and numerous conditions that were mentioned at the time of the sentencing of August 26th, 2005. The Court would, at this time, adopt those factual determinations, as well as the Article 894.1 resertations [sic], and in conjunction with the information submitted back by the Third Circuit Court of Appeal, would make the following additions and/or corrections to that original sentence. Specifically, the defendant was ordered to pay for all counseling costs that were incurred by the victims involved in this matter. The Third Circuit ”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. E.P.C.

3. “If the defendant does not allege any specific ground for excessiveness or present any argument or evidence not previously considered by the court at original sentencing, then the defendant does not lose the right to appeal the sentence; the defendant is simply relegated to having the appellate court consider the bare claim of excessiveness.”

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