561 So. 2d 692 - State v. Burrell’s Empirical Analysis
1990
Citation profile
98 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 99 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently June 2019 · most notably 796 So. 2d 649 - State v. Neal (2001), 775 So. 2d 1022 - State v. Casey (2000)
98 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 Zant v. Stephens · Lowenfield v. Phelps · Mills v. Maryland · 446 So. 2d 729 - State v. Prudholm · State v. Sonnier
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 99 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“review every sentence of death to determine if it is excessive,”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“The motion for a new trial is based on the supposition that injustice has been done the defendant, and, unless such is shown to have been the case the motion shall be denied, no matter upon what allegations it is grounded. The court, on motion of the defendant, shall grant a new trial whenever: * * * (4) The defendant has discovered, since the verdict or judgment of guilty, a prejudicial error or defect in the proceedings that, notwithstanding the exercise of reasonable diligence by the defendant, was not discovered before the verdict or judgment; or (5) The court is of the opinion that the ends of justice would be served by the granting of a new trial, although the defendant may not be entitled to a new trial as a matter of strict legal right.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“specific intent to kill or inflict great bodily harm upon more than one person.”
1 later decision 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.