Bolton v. State’s Empirical Analysis
2012
Citation profile
3
cited by 3 later decisions
1
states following
December 2018
most recently cited
3 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Strickland v. Washington · Chapman v. State of California · 725 So. 2d 836 - Bell v. State · 921 So. 2d 292 - Spicer v. State · 790 So. 2d 773 - Conley 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 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“the jury was well instructed as to Moore's theory of self-defense, and without more, we cannot find that the [prosecutor's] statements negated the effectiveness of the instructions given the jury.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“I know that it's possible that you all are thinking that since there's all this evidence, why is he having a trial? But I ask that you not hold that against the State because he pled not guilty.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“the jury was properly instructed it could not find Bolton guilty unless the State proved every element [of the charged offense] beyond a reasonable doubt,”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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.