Monk v. State’s Empirical Analysis

1988

Citation profile

cited by 51 later decisions

states following

September 2014

most recently cited

50 state decisions

How this case has been cited

Cited by 51 later decisions — most recently September 2014 · most notably Foster v. State (1994), 863 So. 2d 836 - Byrom v. State (2003)

50 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 503 So. 2d 803 - Wetz v. State · 451 So. 2d 743 - Neal v. State · Barnes v. State · Weathersby v. State · 391 So. 2d 601 - Bullock 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 51 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

“The right of argument contemplates liberal freedom of speech and range of discussion confined only to bounds of logic and reason; and if counsel's argument is within the limits of proper debate it is immaterial whether it is sound or unsound, or whether he employs wit, invective and illustration therein. Moreover, figurative speech is legitimate if there is evidence on which it may be founded. Exaggerated statements and hasty observations are often made in the heat of debate, which, although not legitimate, are generally disregarded by the court, because in its opinion they are harmless.”
7 later decisions quote this exact passage
e.g. Jones v. State · Taylor v. State
“confine himself to the facts introduced in evidence and to the fair and reasonable deduction and conclusions to be drawn therefrom and to the application of the law, as given by the court, to the facts.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage
e.g. 909 So. 2d 716 - Netherland v. State · 805 So. 2d 556 - Fulcher v. State
“Procedurally, contemporaneous objections `must be made to allegedly prejudicial comments during closing argument or the point is waived.'”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage
e.g. 734 So. 2d 225 - Millender v. State · 749 So. 2d 366 - Longmire v. State

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.