351 So. 2d 1342 - Gray v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1977
Citation profile
5 federal appellate · 115 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 123 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently May 2019 · most notably Gray v. Lucas, Warden, Et Al. (1983), 451 So. 2d 743 - Neal v. State (1984)
5 federal appellate · 115 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 Relford v. Commandant, U. S. Disciplinary Barracks · Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. United States · 337 So. 2d 1242 - Jackson v. State · 308 So. 2d 71 - Newell v. State · Nelms & Blum Co. v. Fink
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 123 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“It is well settled in this state that proof of a crime distinct from that alleged in an indictment is not admissible against an accused. There are certain recognized exceptions to the rule. Proof of another crime is admissible where the offense charged and that offered to be proved are so connected as to constitute one transaction, where it is necessary to identify the defendant, where it is material to prove motive and there is an apparent relation or connection between the act proposed to be proved and that charged, where the accusation involves a series of criminal acts which must be proved to make out the offense, or where it is necessary to prove scienter or guilty knowledge.”
27 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. Donald v. State · Davis v. State“[T]he court cannot control the substance and phraseology of counsel's argument; there is nothing to authorize the court to interfere until there is either abuse, unjustified denunciation, or a statement of fact not shown in evidence.”
8 later decisions quote this exact passage“In all criminal prosecutions the accused shall have a right to be heard by himself or counsel, or both. ...”
8 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. Ballard v. State · Howard v. State
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.