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← 636 SO2D 80 - Bell v. State

Bell v. State’s Empirical Analysis

1994

Citation profile

4
cited by 4 later decisions
1
states following
August 2009
most recently cited

3 state decisions

Relationships

Relies on 481 So. 2d 26 - City of Miami v. Swift · 408 So. 2d 797 - Fowler v. Fowler

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.

  1. “Notwithstanding subsection (2), it is lawful and is not a violation of s. 790.01 ... to possess a concealed firearm or other weapon for self-defense or other lawful purpose within the interior of a private conveyance, without a license, if the firearm or other weapon is securely encased or is otherwise not readily accessible for immediate use.”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage
  2. “in a glove compartment, whether or not locked; snapped in a holster; in a gun case, whether or not locked; in a zippered gun case; or in a closed box or container which requires a lid or cover to be opened for access.”
    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.