547 So. 2d 989 - Thomas v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1989
Citation profile
3
cited by 3 later decisions
1
states following
March 2013
most recently cited
3 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 424 So. 2d 726 - Florida Bar v. Merwin · 458 So. 2d 327 - Pope v. State · Terwilliger 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 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“`trial judge may not weigh the evidence before him in determining whether the instruction is appropriate; it is enough if the defense is suggested by the evidence presented.'”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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