State v. Davis’s Empirical Analysis
1982
Citation profile
81 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 82 later decisions — most recently September 2017 · most notably State v. Smith (1983), 753 So. 2d 801 - State v. Broadway (1999)
81 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 Alexander v. Virginia · State v. Dotson · 360 So. 2d 500 - State v. Drew · 362 So. 2d 744 - State v. Guzman · State v. Paster
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 82 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“"the evidence as a whole established that it [was] more probable than not that the object introduced was the same as the object which was originally seized by the officers."”
6 later decisions quote this exact passage“must convince the court that the informant may be able to give testimony which is necessary to a fair determination of the issue of guilt or innocence.”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage“"The problem is one that calls for balancing the public interest in protecting the flow of information against an individual's right to prepare his defense. Whether a proper balance renders non-disclosure erroneous must depend on the particular circumstances of each case, taking into consideration the crime charged, the possible defenses, the possible significance of the informer's testimony, and other relevant factors." Roviaro, 353 U.S. at 62, 63 , 77 S.Ct. at 628, 629 .”
4 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.