702 So. 2d 744 - State v. Brown’s Empirical Analysis
1997
Citation profile
16
cited by 16 later decisions
1
states following
July 2003
most recently cited
1 federal appellate · 15 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Jackson v. Virginia · Batson v. Kentucky · Chambers v. Mississippi · Washington v. Texas · Powers v. Ohio
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 16 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“A. First degree murder is the killing of a human being: (1) When the offender has specific intent to kill or inflict great bodily harm and is engaged in the perpetration or attempted perpetration of aggravated kidnapping, second degree kidnapping, aggravated escape, aggravated arson, aggravated rape, forcible rape, aggravated burglary, armed robbery, drive-by shooting, first degree robbery, or simple robbery. C. Whoever commits the crime of first degree murder shall be punished by death or life imprisonment at hard labor without the benefit of parole, probation, or suspension of sentence in accordance with the determination of the jury.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Brown v. Cain“A. An irregularity or error cannot be availed of after verdict unless it was objected to at the time of occurrence.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Roland
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.