717 So. 2d 472 - Benedith v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1998
Citation profile
10
cited by 10 later decisions
1
states following
January 2006
most recently cited
10 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Enmund v. Florida · Tison v. Arizona · Cabana v. Bullock · 559 So. 2d 187 - State v. Law · 351 So. 2d 972 - McArthur 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 10 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“the trial judge must first determine there is competent evidence from which the jury could infer guilt to the exclusion of all other inferences.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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