Sinkfield v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1992
Citation profile
4
cited by 4 later decisions
1
states following
August 2003
most recently cited
4 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Thompson v. State · 584 So. 2d 647 - Killingsworth v. State · 449 So. 2d 892 - Harris v. State · Clinton v. State · Miller 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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[M]ere identity between the name appearing on the prior judgment and the name of the defendant on trial does not satisfy the state's obligation to present affirmative evidence that they are the same person.... Sinkfield's conviction for possession of a firearm by a convicted felon must be reversed, and Sinkfield discharged.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Mason v. State“[T]he trial court erred by denying appellant's motion for judgment of acquittal on the charge of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, because the state failed to prove ... that the person named in the certified armed robbery judgment was appellant.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Mason v. State
How this case has been treated — in progress
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