Funchess v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1984
Citation profile
4
cited by 4 later decisions
1
states following
April 1986
most recently cited
3 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Enmund v. Florida · Gardner v. Florida · Knight v. State · Funchess v. Florida · Jones v. Oklahoma
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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“mitigating circumstances must be proved beyond a reasonable doubt.”
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.