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← 474 SO2D 964 - State v. Ferguson

State v. Ferguson’s Empirical Analysis

1985

Citation profile

2
cited by 2 later decisions
1
states following
April 1988
most recently cited

2 state decisions

Relationships

Relies on State v. Oliveaux · 364 So. 2d 588 - State v. Nedds · 278 So. 2d 45 - State v. Rabbas · State v. Bailey · State v. Brown

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 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

  1. “[a] case in which the punishment may be confinement at hard labor or confinement without hard labor for more than six months shall be tried before a jury of six persons ...”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage
  2. “... Cases in which the punishment may be confinement at hard labor shall be tried by a jury composed of six jurors, all of whom must concur to render a verdict.”
    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.