481 So. 2d 1155 - Wesley v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1985
Citation profile
7
cited by 7 later decisions
1
states following
July 1989
most recently cited
7 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on North Carolina v. Pearce · Roberts v. Florida · Northern Pipeline Construction Co. v. Marathon Pipe Line Co. · Enmund v. Florida · Miller 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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[T]he range and extent of cross-examination of a witness is a matter within the sound discretion of the trial court, and if the trial court determined that a question is not on a material issue in the case or is irrelevant, this court should not reverse the determination, unless the record reveals a clear abuse of discretion by the trial court.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“after reversal of his plea of guilt to an offense which was no longer a lesser included offense under the indictment.”
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.