677 So. 2d 258 - Orme v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1996
Citation profile
105 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 105 later decisions — most recently May 2019 · most notably 830 So. 2d 792 - Pagan v. State (2002), 863 So. 2d 271 - Johnston v. State (2003)
105 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 Enmund v. Florida · Espinosa v. Florida · Solventes Y Quimica de Nicaragua, S.A. Solquimisa v. Weaver · 559 So. 2d 187 - State v. Law · Peer International Corp. v. Pausa Records, Inc.
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 105 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“A motion for judgment of acquittal should be granted in a circumstantial evidence case if the state fails to present evidence from which the jury can exclude every reasonable hypothesis except that of guilt.”
18 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[t]he sole function of the trial court ... is to determine whether there is a prima facie inconsistency between (a) the evidence, viewed in the light most favorable to the state and (b) the defense theory or theories. If there is such inconsistency, then the question is for the finder of fact to resolve.”
13 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Our duty on appeal is to review the record in the light most favorable to the prevailing theory and to sustain that theory if it is supported by competent substantial evidence.”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.