39 So. 3d 252 - State v. Montgomery’s Empirical Analysis
2010
Citation profile
219
cited by 219 later decisions
2
states following
May 2019
most recently cited
6 federal appellate · 209 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on State v. Delva · 124 So. 2d 481 - Brown v. State · 837 So. 2d 366 - Reed v. State · Stewart v. State · 498 So. 2d 929 - State v. Wimberly
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 219 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“In order to convict of manslaughter by intentional act, it is not necessary for the State to prove that the defendant had a premeditated intent to cause death.”
18 later decisions quote this exact passage“[a] jury must be given a fair opportunity to exercise its inherent 'pardon' power by returning a verdict of guilty as to the next lower crime.”
12 later decisions quote this exact passage“1. (Victim) is dead. 2. a. (Defendant) intentionally caused the death of (victim).”
11 later decisions 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.