Williams v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1989
Citation profile
2
cited by 2 later decisions
1
states following
August 2000
most recently cited
2 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 542 So. 2d 1330 - In re Amendment to Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.191 · 465 So. 2d 1384 - State v. Isaac · Erwin v. State · MacIas 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 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“state's single reference during closing argument to the tears of the [murder] victim's parents was an improper appeal to the sympathy of the jury”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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