243 So. 2d 587 - State v. Davis’s Empirical Analysis
1971
Citation profile
34 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 34 later decisions — most recently May 2000 · most notably State v. Upton (1981), 758 So. 2d 110 - State v. Kalogeropolous (2000)
34 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 Thalheim v. State · Middleton v. State · State v. Bruno · Atlantic Coast Line Railroad v. Florida Fine Fruit Co. · Brass 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 34 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“granted only where the most favorable construction to the state would not establish a prima facie case of guilt.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“The function of a “(c)(4)” motion to dismiss is to ascertain whether or not the facts which the State relies upon to constitute the crime charged, and on which it will offer evidence to prove it, do, as a matter of law, establish a prima facie case of guilt of the accused.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“[t]here are no material disputed facts and the undisputed facts do not establish a prima facie case of guilt against the defendant.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.