Sayles v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1989
Citation profile
61
cited by 61 later decisions
2
states following
December 2007
most recently cited
61 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 391 So. 2d 601 - Bullock v. State · 508 So. 2d 1111 - Foster v. State · Shearer v. State · Crawford v. Texas · 511 So. 2d 144 - Suan 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 61 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Any person who is present at the commission of a criminal offense and aids, counsels, or encourages another in the commission of that offense is an `aider and abettor' and is equally guilty with the principal offender.”
14 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. Jones v. State · Swinford v. State“Also, under M.R.E. 103(a), before error can be predicated at all upon an adverse evidentiary ruling it must appear that a substantial right of the party is affected.”
5 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. Mixon v. State · Alexander v. State“[C]ross-examination on an irrelevant point is not permitted.”
3 later decisions 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.