Stephens v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1995
Citation profile
3
cited by 3 later decisions
1
states following
March 2003
most recently cited
3 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 491 So. 2d 1129 - State v. DiGuilio · Rodriguez v. New York · 110 So. 2d 654 - Williams v. State · Brockett v. Spokane Arcades Inc · 424 So. 2d 758 - Hicks 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 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Moreover, the degree of uniqueness required to admit Williams rule evidence as proof of identity is `fingerprint' type of evidence.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Sims v. State“Instead, the points of similarity must have some special character or be so unusual as to point to the defendant.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Sims 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.