686 So. 2d 569 - State v. Wilson’s Empirical Analysis
1996
Citation profile
26 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 26 later decisions — most recently July 2015 · most notably Morrison v. State (2002), 697 So. 2d 84 - Standard Jury Instructions in Crim. Cases (1997)
26 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 Denbicare U.S.A., Inc. v. Toys "R" Us, Inc. · 124 So. 2d 481 - Brown v. State · Archer v. State · 668 So. 2d 998 - Wilson 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 26 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“1) Does the "jury instruction given in this case impermissibly reduce the reasonable doubt standard below the protections of the due process clause? ■ 2) If so, is such an instruction fundamental error?”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“While we can understand why trial judges might wish to acquaint the jury with the concept of reasonable doubt at an early stage in the proceeding, we strongly suggest that this be done only by reading in advance the approved standard jury instruction on the subject. Any extemporaneous explanation of sensitive legal issues that are already embraced within the standard jury instructions runs the risk of creating error.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Dean v. State“Notwithstanding, in view of the fact that the trial judge gave the standard jury instruction on reasonable doubt at the close of the evidence and told the jury that it must follow the standard instructions, we cannot say that error was committed.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Morrison 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.