410 So. 2d 754 - State v. McDaniel’s Empirical Analysis
1982
Citation profile
1 federal appellate · 33 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 37 later decisions — most recently June 2009 · most notably 425 So. 2d 1251 - State v. Telsee (1983), 450 So. 2d 938 - State v. Vessell (1984)
1 federal appellate · 33 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 In the Matter of Samuel Winship · Speiser v. Randall · United States v. Indorato · 403 So. 2d 8 - State v. MacK · United States v. Alvero
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 37 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“a doubt that would give rise to a great uncertainty”
19 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Moore · State v. Grant“"To begin with, every person in this state accused of crime is presumed by law to be innocent until his guilt shall have been established beyond a reasonable doubt in trial. The burden is upon the State to prove every essential element of the crime charged including identity. * * * * * * "The identification of the defendant as the person committing the offense must be proved to your entire satisfaction and beyond all reasonable doubt before you would be justified in finding him guilty. * * * * * * "It is the duty of the jury in considering the evidence and in applying to that evidence the law as given by the court, give the defendant the benefit of every reasonable doubt arising out of the evidence or want of evidence in the case. If you are not convinced of the guilt of the defendant beyond a reasonable doubt, it is your duty to find him not guilty." (Tr. 405-406) * * * * * * "Proof beyond a reasonable doubt is a phrase that is almost self-explanatory. Reasonable doubt does not mean all possible doubt but means doubt based upon a reason. If, after you have considered the State's evidence and the law applicable, there is doubt in your mind as to the guilt of the accused, which doubt is based upon a reason or for which doubt you can express a reason, then the defendant is not guilty. Reasonable doubt is rational; it is governed by reason. It is not immoderate or excessive. It is honest, equitable and fair. Proof beyond a reasonable doubt does not mean proof to an absolute cert”
7 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Moore · State v. Grant“is viewed in the context of the whole charge it overstates the degree of uncertainty required for a reasonable doubt. * * * * * *”
6 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Moore · State v. Ester
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.