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← 733 SO2D 855 - Benish v. State

Benish v. State’s Empirical Analysis

1999

Citation profile

2
cited by 2 later decisions
1
states following
February 2008
most recently cited

2 state decisions

Relationships

Relies on 503 So. 2d 803 - Wetz v. State · Conner v. State · 660 So. 2d 1285 - Gossett v. State · Laney v. State · 693 So. 2d 1333 - Dunn 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.

  1. “When the trial court has made a finding that the evidence does not show a probability that the defendant is incapable of making a rational defense, this Court will not overturn that finding unless the finding was manifestly against the overwhelming weight of the evidence.”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage
  2. “mentally capable of standing trial and able to assist his attorney in preparation of his defense.”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage

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.