Larkins v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1995
Citation profile
43 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 43 later decisions — most recently June 2019 · most notably 751 So. 2d 537 - Goodwin v. State (1999), 774 So. 2d 637 - Rutherford v. Moore (2000)
43 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 United States Accardi v. Shaughnessy · 491 So. 2d 1129 - State v. DiGuilio · Andrijevic v. Kelleran · North Star Steel Co. v. Thomas · Midland Central Appraisal District v. Midland Industrial Service Corp.
Most-quoted passages
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“explain a medical examiner's testimony, to show the manner of death, the location of wounds, and the identity of the victim.”
14 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“While a trial court should exercise caution in admitting particularly gruesome photographs, and in limiting their numbers, such photographs may still be relevant.”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“On August 30, 1994, [sic][ [1] ] the body of Roberta Faith Nicolas was found lying face down on the floor of a Circle K store. Debbie Santos, a customer in the store that day, testified that she was in the store with her baby and her young son when she saw a man with tape on his face walk in. Santos knew this man and identified him as Robert Larkins. She testified that he had tape on his nose, forehead, and each side of his face. He pointed a rifle at Ms. Nicolas, the store clerk, demanded money, and then shot her. Larkins then went over to the counter where the cash register was located, and backed out of the store. At some point during this episode, Santos' baby began to cry. Another customer, Ruben Hernandez, was called by the defense and testified that the same man pointed a rifle at him and demanded money. The man's whole face was covered with tape. Hernandez responded that he had no money. The robber then demanded that the store clerk open the cash register, but it did not open, and the robber told the clerk to step away from the register. She did. When the clerk ducked down, the robber grabbed her by the arm and swung her to the side by some soda machines. Then he fired two shots at her. When investigators arrived, they found the victim's body lying on the floor. The police also recovered a shell casing from a bullet for a .22 caliber rifle. Subsequently, a .22 caliber rifle was found on a nearby street next to a vacant house and adjacent to Larkins' home. Thomas Gibso”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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