479 So. 2d 625 - State v. Patton’s Empirical Analysis
1985
Citation profile
5
cited by 5 later decisions
1
states following
April 2010
most recently cited
5 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 439 So. 2d 1099 - State v. Korman · State v. Bailey · 452 So. 2d 234 - State v. Williams · State ex rel. Youngblood 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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“even assuming, as did the trial court, that the defendant disarmed the victim, the defendant became the aggressor and lost the right to claim self-defense when he callously stabbed the victim.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“A person who is the aggressor or who brings on a difficulty cannot claim the right of self-defense unless he withdraws from the conflict in good faith and in such a manner that his adversary knows or should know that he desires to withdraw and discontinue the conflict.”
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.