616 So. 2d 170 - Nesmith v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1993
Citation profile
10
cited by 10 later decisions
1
states following
September 2007
most recently cited
10 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on State v. Anderson · 327 So. 2d 243 - Stanley v. State · 566 So. 2d 51 - Dames v. State · 579 So. 2d 306 - Shackelford v. State · 362 So. 2d 1013 - Morley 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 10 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The use of force in resisting arrest by a person reasonably known to be a law enforcement officer is unlawful notwithstanding the technical illegality of the arrest.”
2 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.