477 So. 2d 557 - Alexander v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1985
Citation profile
17 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 19 later decisions — most recently September 2009
17 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 Washington v. State · Trushin v. State · 269 So. 2d 669 - Zachary v. State · 450 So. 2d 1212 - Alexander 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 19 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“is securely encased or is otherwise not readily accessible for immediate use.”
6 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. TROCK v. State · Doughty v. State“[n]othing herein contained shall be construed to authorize the carrying of a concealed firearm or other weapon on the person.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage“(15) "Readily accessible for immediate use" means that a firearm or other weapon is carried on the person or within such close proximity and in such a manner that it can be retrieved and used as easily and quickly as if carried on the person. (16) "Securely encased" means in a glove compartment, whether or not locked; snapped in a holster; in a gun case, whether or not locked; in a zippered gun case; or in a closed box or container which requires a lid or cover to be opened for access.”
3 later decisions 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.