Mercer v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1995
Citation profile
4 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Furman v. Georgia · Rushing v. Jacksonville Electric Authority · 459 So. 2d 306 - Tucker v. State · 390 So. 2d 322 - Rubin v. State · 293 So. 2d 345 - State Ex Rel. Manucy v. Wadsworth
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.
“[b]ecause the State failed to prove that the offenses occurred during the period when the unlimited statute of limitations controlled the prosecution of the offenses,”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Clements v. State“the benefit of the possibility that the offenses occurred outside that period must be given to the defendant.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Clements v. State
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.