467 So. 2d 1163 - State v. Hardeman’s Empirical Analysis
1985
Citation profile
47 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 47 later decisions — most recently April 2018 · most notably 827 So. 2d 488 - State v. Murray (2002), State v. Dean (1988)
47 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 Jackson v. Virginia · Miranda v. State of Arizona Vignera · 436 So. 2d 471 - State v. Sutton · 445 So. 2d 1198 - State v. Wright · State v. Edwards
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 47 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Id. at 1170 . Hardeman shot the victim in the back as the victim was walking away. Defendant alleged that he knew the victim had a gun on him because everyone in that locality carried a gun. The second circuit set forth factors to consider in determining whether a defendant had a reasonable belief that the killing was necessary: (1) the excitement and confusion of the situation, (2) the possibility of using force or violence short of killing, and (3) the party's knowledge of the assailant's bad character. Defendant argues that”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“(1) When the offender has a specific intent to kill or to inflict great bodily harm; or (2)(a) When the offender is engaged in the perpetration or attempted perpetration of aggravated rape, forcible rape, aggravated arson, aggravated burglary, aggravated kidnapping, second degree kidnapping, aggravated escape, drive-by shooting, armed robbery, first degree robbery, or simple robbery, even though he has no intent to kill or to inflict great bodily harm.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“"In the absence of evidence of hostile demonstration or overt act on the part of the person slain or injured, evidence of his dangerous character or of his threats against accused is not admissible." [1]”
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.