315 So. 2d 461 - Proffitt v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1975
Citation profile
2 federal appellate · 44 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 53 later decisions (2 by the Supreme Court) — most recently September 2015 · most notably Proffitt v. Florida (1976), Barclay v. Florida (1983)
2 federal appellate · 44 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 283 So. 2d 1 - State v. Dixon · Mercer v. State · 227 So. 2d 873 - Campbell v. State · 104 So. 2d 391 - Harrison v. State · Baisden 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 53 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“"B. As to the crime of Murder In The First Degree, this Court makes the following findings of fact: (1.) The Defendant does have a significant history of prior criminal activity. The Defendant has been convicted of Murder In The First Degree in Jacksonville, Florida. He has also been convicted of felonious assault in the State of Colorado. This Defendant has been confined in various institutions for a great portion of his life for various other crimes. (2.) The Defendant did not commit this Murder while under the influence of extreme mental or emotional disturbance. The Defendant was examined by two psychiatrists and both stated that at the time of the crime the Defendant understood and could appreciate the nature and consequences of his acts. Neither Doctor found nor reported that the Defendant was acting under the influence of extreme mental or emotional disturbance at the time of the crime. There was no indication of insanity. (3.) The victim was not a willing participant in the Defendant's conduct and did not consent to these crimes. (4.) The Defendant knowingly created a great risk of death to many persons in committing this murder and in the attempt to escape apprehension. In fact, the Defendant has admitted murdering Mr. Edward Gaffney in Hollywood, Florida only a few hours after committing this murder. Then, only a few hours later and while engaged in the perpetration of an armed robbery in Duval County, Florida and while attempting to obtain funds with which to escap”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“Flight alone [will] not support an instruction that such flight is evidence of consciousness of guilt, as it would be no more consistent with guilt than with innocence.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“were speaking in a manner and place where they had a reasonable chance of being overheard, and ( ) knew of that possibility at that time.”
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.