Fast v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1966
Citation profile
6
cited by 6 later decisions
1
states following
April 1971
most recently cited
1 federal appellate · 4 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Rogers v. State · Henderson v. State of Florida · Flowers v. State · Lee v. State · Solomon 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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“This rule is, however, subject to the exception that if the improper remarks are of such character that neither rebuke nor retraction may entirely destroy their sinister influence, in such event, a new trial should be awarded, regardless of the want of objection or exception.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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