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← 307 SO2D 361 - State v. Ferguson

State v. Ferguson’s Empirical Analysis

1975

Citation profile

4
cited by 4 later decisions
1
states following
April 1978
most recently cited

4 state decisions

Relationships

Relies on State v. Jackson · 274 So. 2d 699 - State v. Holloway

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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

  1. “Motions for a new trial made on the basis of newly discovered evidence are received with extreme caution, and a verdict will not be set aside unless the new evidence is”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage
  2. “so material that it ought to produce a different result.”
    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.