303 So. 2d 632 - Sullivan v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1974
Citation profile
1 federal appellate · 104 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 117 later decisions (5 by the Supreme Court) — most recently July 2015 · most notably Proffitt v. Florida (1976), Pulley v. Harris (1984)
1 federal appellate · 104 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 Brady v. State of Maryland · Furman v. Georgia · Harrington v. California · United States v. Jorn · Schneble v. Florida
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 117 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“It is well-established law that where the trial judge has extended counsel an opportunity to cure any error, and counsel fails to take advantage of the opportunity, such error, if any, was invited and will not warrant reversal.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage“have to have taken a polygraph test and passed it”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“Fortunately in the present case the evidence, excluding the accomplice’s testimony, was so clear and convincing as to leave no reasonable doubt but that the defendant was guilty of the crimes charged. Most noteworthy among this evidence was a detailed confession, which was dictated, personally corrected, and signed by the defendant after thrice being read his rights. This statement differed in no significant way from the testimony of the defendant’s accomplice, McLaughlin, at trial. When arrested, the defendant was wearing the victim’s watch and had in his wallet several of the victim’s credit cards, which he had been using to purchase various items. The shotgun, the tire iron, the pistol, and tape similar to that used to tape the victim’s hands were found in Sullivan’s car. Containers of money, similar to those used at the restaurant, were also found in his motel room. Where independent evidence of guilt is overwhelming, a constitutional error can be rendered harmless. (Citations omitted.) In light of these decisions, I have little difficulty in concluding that the prosecutorial error in the present case was indeed harmless.”
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.