State v. Leighton’s Empirical Analysis
1978
Citation profile
5
cited by 5 later decisions
1
states following
November 1985
most recently cited
5 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 338 So. 2d 52 - McCoy 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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“We do not decide, as a matter of law, whether this procedure constituted an `official proceeding' within the meaning of the statute. It will be up to the State to prove all of the elements of an official proceeding in the eventual trial.”
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.