Knowles v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1999
Citation profile
2
cited by 2 later decisions
1
states following
March 2000
most recently cited
2 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 575 So. 2d 181 - Jackson v. State · Crowley v. State · 627 So. 2d 564 - Lawyer v. State · Bates 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 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“due process requires the state to prove every element of a crime beyond a reasonable doubt, and that a defendant has no obligation to present witnesses. Accordingly, the state cannot comment on a defendant’s failure to produce evidence to refute an element of the crime, because doing so could erroneously lead the jury to believe that the defendant carried the burden of introducing evidence.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. Grant v. State · Davis v. State
How this case has been treated — in progress
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