574 So. 2d 218 - State v. Slaughter’s Empirical Analysis
1991
Citation profile
7 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 356 So. 2d 269 - Soverino v. State · 440 So. 2d 1277 - City of Boca Raton v. Gidman · 406 So. 2d 1089 - Parker v. State · 434 So. 2d 879 - DEPT. OF LEGAL AFF. v. Sanford-Orlando Kennel Club, Inc. · 361 So. 2d 416 - Schultz 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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(1) Whoever unlawfully harms or threatens unlawful harm to any public servant, to his immediate family, or to any other person with whose welfare he is interested, with the intent or purpose: (a) To influence the performance of any act or omission which the person believes to be, or the public servant represents as being, within the official discretion of the public servant, in violation of a public duty, or in performance of a public duty. (b) To cause or induce him to use or exert, or procure the use or exertion of, any influence upon or with any other public servant regarding any act or omission which the person believes to be, or the public servant represents as being, within the official discretion of the public servant, in violation of a public duty, or in performance of a public duty. (2) Prosecution under this section shall not require any allegation or proof that the public servant ultimately sought to be unlawfully influenced was qualified to act in the desired way, that he had assumed office, that the matter was properly pending before him or might by law properly be brought before him, that he possessed jurisdiction over the matter, or that his official action was necessary to achieve the person’s purpose. (3)(a) Whoever unlawfully harms any public servant or any other person with whose welfare he is interested shall be guilty of a felony of the second degree ____ (b) Whoever threatens unlawful harm to any public servant or to any other person with whose welfare h”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“Although the manner in which the statute is phrased and punctuated impairs its clarity, legislative intent can be gleaned from a reading of the statute as a whole, particu larly by considering subsection (1) together with subsection (3). Subsection (1) defines the proscribed offense. Subsection (3) sets forth the penalties for violation of subsection (1), and “is designed to protect public officials in the discharge of their duties without unlawful intimidation.” ... When read together, these provisions evince legislative intent to protect public servants from coercion or unlaivful influence in the performance of a discretionary public duty.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“The test to be used in determining whether a statutory classification satisfies the Equal Protection Clause is whether the classification rests on some difference bearing a reasonable relation to the object of the legislation.”
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.