McIlwain v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1997
Citation profile
48 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 48 later decisions — most recently May 2017 · most notably Gray v. State (1998), Williams v. State (1998)
48 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 551 So. 2d 188 - Benson v. State · 567 So. 2d 237 - Johnston v. State · 542 So. 2d 914 - Hentz v. State · Monk v. State · 693 So. 2d 1355 - Young v. City of Brookhaven
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 48 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The relevancy and admissibility of evidence are largely within the discretion of the trial court and reversal may be had only where that discretion has been abused.”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent“For the purpose of determining how to impose the sentence for a second, third or subsequent conviction under this section, the indictment shall not be required to enumerate previous convictions. It shall only be necessary that the indictment state the number of times that the defendant has been convicted and sentenced within the past five (5) years under this section to determine if an enhanced penalty shall be imposed. The amount of fine and imprisonment imposed in previous convictions shall not be considered in calculating offenses to determine a second, third or subsequent offense of this section.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissente.g. Williams v. State · Weaver v. State“[T]he State must present the testimony and allow cross-examination of the calibrating officer only in the absence of the certification of the intoxilyzer or where there is a genuine issue as to the authenticity of the certification, which ... may normally be authenticated by the method set out in Rule 901(b)(7).”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent
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.