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← 439 SO2D 1178 - State v. Moore

State v. Moore’s Empirical Analysis

1983

Citation profile

5
cited by 5 later decisions
1
states following
April 1995
most recently cited

1 federal appellate · 4 state decisions

Relationships

Relies on Jackson v. Virginia · Zorach v. Clauson · 414 So. 2d 306 - State v. Fuller · 419 So. 2d 858 - State v. Raymo · 350 So. 2d 176 - State v. Walker

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

  1. “... this doubt must be a reasonable one; that is, one founded upon a real, tangible, substantial basis, and not upon a mere caprice, fancy or conjecture. It must be such a doubt as would give rise to a grave uncertainty raised in your mind by reason of the unsatisfactory character of the evidence....”
    2 later decisions quote this exact passage
  2. “phrase overstated the degree of uncertainty required for a reasonable doubt and the”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage
  3. “that would make you feel morally uncertain as to the defendant's guilt”
    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.