686 So. 2d 1009 - State v. Smith’s Empirical Analysis
1996
Citation profile
3
cited by 3 later decisions
1
states following
July 2013
most recently cited
3 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on State v. Blache · 368 So. 2d 1037 - State v. Clement · State v. Jackson · 539 So. 2d 866 - State v. Jones · State v. Goldsmith
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.
“"[W]hen a felon is in immediate peril of great bodily harm, or reasonably believes himself or others to be in such danger, he may take possession of a weapon for a period no longer than is necessary or apparently necessary to use it in self-defense, or in defense of others. In such a situation justification is a defense to the charge of felon in possession of a firearm."”
2 later decisions 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.