Phelps v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1983
Citation profile
30 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 32 later decisions — most recently December 2024 · most notably Taylor v. State (1994), 485 So. 2d 1238 - Stringfellow v. State (1986)
30 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 Dunn v. State · 414 So. 2d 993 - Ex Parte Allen · 435 So. 2d 158 - Smith v. State · 7 E.H. Smith 576 - People v. . Peckens · 366 So. 2d 336 - Summers v. State
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 32 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Evidence is relevant if it has any probative value, however slight, upon a matter at issue in the case.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage“An accused is not entitled to error-free counsel.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage“"On a motion for new trial based upon newly discovered evidence, the following requirements must be met before a new trial will be granted: (1) the evidence will probably change the result if a new trial is granted; (2) the evidence has been discovered since the trial; (3) the evidence could not have been discovered before trial by the exercise of due diligence; (4) the evidence is material; and (5) the evidence is not merely cumulative or impeaching."”
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.