343 So. 2d 166 - State v. Amos’s Empirical Analysis
1977
Citation profile
1 federal appellate · 39 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 43 later decisions — most recently March 2019 · most notably 411 So. 2d 1074 - State v. Hathaway (1982), Benjamin v. Bailey (1995)
1 federal appellate · 39 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 United States v. Cruikshank · Territo v. United States · Presser v. State of Illinois · Marina Mercante Nicaraguense, S. A. v. McAllister Bros. · People v. Blue
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 43 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Its purpose is to limit the possession of firearms by persons who, by their past commission of certain specified serious felonies, have demonstrated a dangerous disregard for the law and present a potential threat of further or future criminal activity.”
10 later decisions quote this exact passage“"A. It is unlawful for any person who has been convicted of first or second degree murder ... to possess a firearm or carry a concealed weapon. * * * * * * C. Except as otherwise specifically provided, this section shall not apply to the following cases: (1) The provisions of this section ... shall not apply to any person who has not been convicted of any felony for a period of ten years from the date of completion of sentence, probation, parole, or suspension of sentence ..."”
9 later decisions quote this exact passage“The right of each citizen to keep and bear arms shall not be abridged, but this provision shall not prevent the passage of laws to prohibit the carrying of weapons concealed on the person.”
6 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissente.g. State v. Young · State v. Cobb
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.