604 So. 2d 471 - Green v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1992
Citation profile
91 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 94 later decisions — most recently April 2025 · most notably 835 So. 2d 259 - State v. Carter (2002), Rollins v. Pizzarelli (2000)
91 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 Willingham v. Morgan · 453 So. 2d 1351 - SE FISHERIES v. Dept. of Nat. Resources · Fuqua v. State · 531 So. 2d 708 - Thomas v. State · Moore 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 94 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“One of the most fundamental tenets of statutory construction requires that we give statutory language its plain and ordinary meaning, unless words are defined in the statute or by the clear intent of the legislature.”
20 later decisions quote this exact passage“If necessary, the plain and ordinary meaning of the word can be ascertained by reference to a dictionary.”
17 later decisions quote this exact passage“Under the doctrine of ejusdem generis, where an enumeration of specific things is followed by some more general word, the general word will usually be construed to refer to things of the same kind or species as those specifically enumerated”
5 later decisions 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.