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← 553 SO2D 1020 - State v. Clark

State v. Clark’s Empirical Analysis

1989

Citation profile

6
cited by 6 later decisions
1
states following
May 2000
most recently cited

6 state decisions

Relationships

Relies on United States v. Santos · United States v. Ayala · 347 So. 2d 184 - State v. Williams · State v. Weems · 482 So. 2d 106 - State v. Clouatre

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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

  1. “These exceptional circumstances are not, however, disjunctive and, in essence, become one exceptional circumstance with treatment given to two interrelated factors. That is, the extent of participation by the confidential informant in the crime must be against the effect it has, if at all, on the ability of the defendant to properly defend his case.”
    2 later decisions quote this exact passage
  2. “(1) the defendant's exceptional circumstances which require disclosure; (2) the informant's participation in the crime; and (3) the state's interest in the nondisclosure of the identity.”
    2 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.