Watson v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1985
Citation profile
3
cited by 3 later decisions
1
states following
November 2016
most recently cited
3 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Philley v. Toler · 328 So. 2d 665 - Bass v. State · Moore 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 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The best evidence rule only expresses a preference for original documents, but does not preclude the admission of secondary evidence.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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