McEver v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1977
Citation profile
7
cited by 7 later decisions
2
states following
April 1985
most recently cited
6 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 283 So. 2d 1 - State v. Dixon · 188 So. 2d 789 - Robles v. State · 265 So. 2d 361 - State v. Wright · 281 So. 2d 353 - State v. Jackson · 250 So. 2d 333 - Wright v. State
Most-quoted passages
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“Ordinarily, where, as here, there is ample evidence of premeditation and also evidence of felony-murder, the giving of an erroneous felony-murder instruction requires reversal because it cannot reasonably be said upon which theory the jury returned its verdict. Cf. Wright v. State, supra . Even though there may be substantial evidence of premeditation, there is always the possibility that the jury's verdict was premised upon the theory of felony-murder, about which the jury was misinstructed.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“in spite of overwhelming evidence of premeditation.”
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.