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1982

Citation profile

42
cited by 42 later decisions
1
states following
April 2005
most recently cited

42 state decisions

How this case has been cited

Cited by 42 later decisions — most recently April 2005 · most notably 775 So. 2d 1022 - State v. Casey (2000), 436 So. 2d 475 - State v. Kahey (1983)

42 state decisions

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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 350 So. 2d 615 - State v. Sheppard · 305 So. 2d 514 - State v. James · 359 So. 2d 931 - State v. Boyd · 388 So. 2d 713 - State v. Baylis · 376 So. 2d 1240 - State v. Gainey

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 42 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

  1. “While it is true that a lay witness, generally, can testify only as to facts, a witness is permitted to draw reasonable inferences from personal observation.”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage
  2. “only as to facts within his knowledge, and neither as to any recital of facts heard by him, nor as to any impression or opinion that he may have.”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage
  3. “a witness who, because of youth, confusion or otherwise, cannot understand direct questions.”
    1 later decision 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.