454 So. 2d 780 - State v. Stella’s Empirical Analysis
1984
Citation profile
4
cited by 4 later decisions
1
states following
June 1987
most recently cited
4 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Broadrick v. Oklahoma · 395 So. 2d 514 - State v. Benitez · 370 So. 2d 3 - Sandstrom v. Leader · Witley 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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“No one has a due process right not to be caught for his criminal conduct merely because the person assisting the police is out of prison when properly he should be behind bars.”
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.