Savage v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1943
Citation profile
42 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 44 later decisions — most recently December 1996 · most notably State v. Allen (1976), 56 So. 2d 543 - Preston v. State (1952)
42 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on Bessie Cannon v. State of Florida · Russ v. State · Goddard v. State · Frank v. State · Austin 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 44 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“a gross and flagrant character, evincing reckless disregard of human life or of the safety of persons exposed to its dangerous effects; or that entire want of care which would raise the presumption of indifference to consequences; or such wantonness or recklessness or grossly careless disregard of the safety and welfare of the public, or that reckless indifference to the rights of others, which is equivalent to an intentional violation of them.”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage“While the operation of the automobile at the time and place and under the circumstances enumerated may be reckless indifference to the rights of others or such wantonness or recklessness or gross careless disregard of the safety and welfare of the public, it has not by the testimony appearing in this record been made so to appear.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“so strong, cogent, and convincing as to exclude every reasonable hypothesis except that of the defendant's guilt.”
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.