748 So. 2d 751 - Dew v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1999
Citation profile
3
cited by 3 later decisions
1
states following
November 2018
most recently cited
3 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 697 So. 2d 777 - Coleman v. State · Hart v. State · 754 So. 2d 912 - Joseph v. Dickerson · 721 So. 2d 642 - Turner v. State · 573 So. 2d 1340 - Turner 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 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Even if the great weight of evidence against [the defendant] supports a contrary view, [the defendant] is still entitled to present his defense to the jury unimpaired by instructions similar to [these,] which preclude his right to self-defense.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“When there is a total lack of evidence, it is not proper for a court to give a pre-arming instruction.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“extremely rare incidents where the instruction [i]s supported by the evidence”
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.