State v. Procell’s Empirical Analysis
1978
Citation profile
69 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 70 later decisions — most recently February 2019 · most notably 796 So. 2d 649 - State v. Neal (2001), 684 So. 2d 368 - State v. Seals (1996)
69 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 Doyle v. Ohio · Furman v. Georgia · United States v. Hale · Roberts v. Louisiana · 337 So. 2d 1177 - State v. Marks
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 70 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“, and immediately shot Kelly's face off at point blank range. We find that there is ample evidence in the record to support the jury's conclusion that there was specific intent to kill or to inflict great bodily harm. [**] For these reasons, the assignment is without merit. Sentence Review Rule 905.9.1 requires a mandatory review by this Court of any case wherein the death penalty was imposed to determine whether it was excessive. The rule sets forth three criteria of review as follows:”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent“`if [he] ... is satisfied that an admonition is not sufficient to assure the defendant a fair trial.'”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage“"The law with reference to specific intent to kill or inflict great bodily harm is as follows: First of all, the time element. The law knows no specific time within which an intent to kill or inflict great bodily harm must be formed so as to make a homicide murder. If the will of the person accompanies the act a moment antecedent to the act which causes the death, it is completely sufficient as if it were a day or any other time. It is sufficient if there was a design or determination to inflict great bodily harm or to kill formed in the mind of the slayer any moment before or at the time of the blow. If an assault is made on a person with the intent of killingnot with the intent of killing but with the intent of inflicting great bodily harm and death is caused, it is murder. A specific intent to kill might also be implied in any deliberate, cruel act consciously againstby one person against another. If, for instance, a man armed with a dangerous weapon should suddenly with little or no apparent provocation kill another, then it could be inferred from all those surrounding facts and circumstances that his intention was to commit murder."”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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