State v. Spano’s Empirical Analysis
2006
Citation profile
3
cited by 3 later decisions
1
states following
April 2014
most recently cited
3 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Jackson v. Virginia · 661 So. 2d 442 - State v. Smith · 436 So. 2d 471 - State v. Sutton · State v. Robertson · 719 So. 2d 610 - State v. Owens
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 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“A. (1) Any person who, after having been convicted within this state of a felony ... thereafter commits any subsequent felony within this state, upon conviction of said felony, shall be punished as follows: [[Image here]] (b) If the third felony is such that upon a first conviction, the offender would be punishable by imprisonment for any term less than his natural life then: (i) The person shall be sentenced to imprisonment for a determinate term not less than two-thirds of the longest possible sentence for the conviction and not more than twice the longest possible sentence prescribed for a first conviction; ... [[Image here]] G. Any sentence imposed under the provisions of this Section shall be without benefit of probation or suspension of sentence.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Mandigo“Multiple convictions obtained on the same day prior to October 19, 2004, shall be counted as one conviction for the purpose of this Section.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Blueford
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.