State v. Celestine’s Empirical Analysis
2012
Citation profile
8
cited by 8 later decisions
1
states following
October 2016
most recently cited
8 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on State v. Dorthey · Jones v. Thomas · 433 So. 2d 104 - State v. Square · 709 So. 2d 672 - State v. Johnson · 367 So. 2d 824 - State v. Bonier
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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“To rebut the presumption that the mandatory minimum sentence is constitutional, a defendant must show, by clear and convincing evidence, that, “because of unusual circumstances this defendant is a victim of the legislature’s failure to assign sentences that are meaningfully tailored to the culpability of the offender, the gravity of the offense, and the circumstances of the case.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrencee.g. State v. Shaw
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.