561 So. 2d 638 - Steele v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1990
Citation profile
33 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 33 later decisions — most recently February 2016 · most notably 785 So. 2d 1182 - Carpenter v. State (2001), 808 So. 2d 166 - Scott v. State (2002)
33 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 Terry v. Ohio · 365 So. 2d 701 - Castor v. State · Davis v. Oklahoma · 534 So. 2d 393 - State v. Pennington · State v. Webb
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 33 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“While the standard jury instructions are intended to assist the trial court in its responsibility to charge the jury on the applicable law, the instructions are intended only as a guide, and can in no wise relieve the trial court of its responsibility to charge the jury correctly in each case.”
6 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“`fundamental error must involve a critical and disputed issue at trial'”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Before you can find the defendant guilty of DUI Manslaughter, the State must prove the following three elements beyond a reasonable doubt: 1. (Defendant) operated a vehicle. 2. (Defendant), by reason of such operation, caused the death of (victim). 3. At the time of such operation (defendant) a. [was under the influence of [alcoholic beverages] [a chemical substance] [a controlled substance] to the extent that his normal faculties were impaired.] b. [had a blood alcohol level of 0.10 percent or higher.]”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.