Freeman v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1967
Citation profile
22 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 23 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently October 2014
22 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 Garner v. State · 199 So. 2d 251 - Shinall v. State · Stone v. State · 63 So. 2d 68 - Proctor v. Schomberg · Newsome 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 23 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(A) when from the circumstances of the case, it is a part of the res gestae; ... (B) where the evidence of the homicide is wholly circumstantial ...; (C) where it is doubtful as to who the aggressor was at the time of the homicide ...; or (D) where the immediate circumstances of the killing render it doubtful as to whether or not the act was justified.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“Where an objection has been sustained to a question, an offer of proof is appropriate. The rejection of the evidence not apparently admissible is not error, in the absence of an offer or sufficient statement of the purpose of its introduction, by which the court may determine its relevancy or admissibility. Accordingly, it is proper for the trial court to overrule an offer of proof where the language of the offer is general, vague, and not sufficiently specific. An offer should clearly inform the court as to what is intended to be proved, and the language should be as such as to enable the court to determine whether the evidence sought to be offered is admissible.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“It will be noted that the jury was excluded at the conclusion of the prefatory questions, whereupon the witness was asked by his attorney "Did you know his reputation for peace and violence?" This, of course, does not refer to his general reputation in the community which we have many times held to be essential in determining a trait or characteristic of a person. The proffer made by the defendant, however, correctly states the rule, as the defendant's attorney stated that if permitted by the court, he would prove the general reputation of the deceased for peace or violence in the community in which he lived. (Emphasis added).”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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