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← 597 SO2D 1386 - Edwards v. State

Edwards v. State’s Empirical Analysis

1992

Citation profile

2
cited by 2 later decisions
1
states following
October 2016
most recently cited

2 state decisions

Relationships

Relies on 473 So. 2d 622 - Bell v. State · 417 So. 2d 617 - Hollis v. State · 534 So. 2d 1137 - Harper v. State · Ray v. State · 501 So. 2d 1277 - Johnson 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 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

  1. “■ “(a) A person commits the crime of assault in the second'degree if the person does any of the following: [[Image here]] , “(2) With intent to cause physical injury to another person, he or she causes physical injury to any person by means of a deadly weapon or . a dangerous instrument.””
    1 later decision quote this exact passage
  2. “to cause serious physical injury could be inferred from the nature of the appellant's actions and the extent of the victim's wounds. The victim in Edwards was stabbed by the appellant, causing loss of blood and other injuries. Likewise, *Page 61 in this case, the appellant's”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage
  3. “"(a) A person commits the crime of assault in the first degree if: "(1) with intent to cause serious physical injury to another person, he causes serious physical injury to any person by means of a deadly weapon or a dangerous instrument. . . ."”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage

How this case has been treated — in progress

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