399 So. 2d 551 - State v. Spell’s Empirical Analysis
1981
Citation profile
1 federal appellate · 73 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 75 later decisions — most recently March 2016 · most notably 424 So. 2d 1009 - State v. Quebedeaux (1982), 414 So. 2d 306 - State v. Fuller (1982)
1 federal appellate · 73 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 277 So. 2d 126 - State v. Prieur · State v. Raymond · State v. Gilmore · State v. Myles · 343 So. 2d 1026 - State v. Williams
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 75 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“"A motion for a new trial based on ground (3) of Article 851 shall contain allegations of fact, sworn to by the defendant or his counsel, showing: "(1) That notwithstanding the exercise of reasonable diligence by the defendant, the new evidence was not discovered before or during the trial; "(2) The names of the witnesses who will testify and a concise statement of the newly discovered evidence; "(3) The facts which the witnesses or evidence will establish; and "(4) That the witnesses or evidence are not beyond the process of the court, or are otherwise available. "The newly discovered whereabouts or residence of a witness do not constitute newly discovered evidence."”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage“[t]he following matters and no others shall be considered on appeal: (1) An error designated in the assignment of errors; and (2) An error that is discoverable by a mere inspection of the pleadings and proceedings and without inspection of the evidence.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Bridges · State v. Laddin“assigned to the law library to help other prisoners with their legal problems by writing letters, preparing pleadings, and otherwise giving them whatever advice he could,”
3 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Melendez · State v. Fleury
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.