371 So. 2d 429 - Jacobs v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1978
Citation profile
4
cited by 4 later decisions
1
states following
May 1979
most recently cited
4 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on MacKenna v. Ellis · Seibold v. State · Taylor v. State · 361 So. 2d 607 - Jacobs v. State · Pineda v. Bailey
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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“"We the jury find the defendant John L. Jacobs guilty of first degree murder with aggravated circumstances as charged in the indictment, and we fix the punishment at death."”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“"Each person indicted for an offense punishable under the provision of this chapter who is not able to afford legal counsel must be provided with court appointed counsel having no less than five years' prior experience in the active practice of criminal law."”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Johnson 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.