756 So. 2d 830 - Burson v. State’s Empirical Analysis
2000
Citation profile
9
cited by 9 later decisions
1
states following
October 2010
most recently cited
9 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 503 So. 2d 803 - Wetz v. State · 665 So. 2d 852 - Eakes v. State · 650 So. 2d 1289 - MacK v. State · 574 So. 2d 625 - Jaco v. State · Rhymes 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 9 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[w]hether the defense as it originally stood would be equally available after the amendment is made.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“[I]t shall and may be lawful for the court before which the trial shall be had, if it shall consider such variance not material to the merits of the case, and that the defendant cannot be prejudiced thereby in his defense on the merits, to order such indictment and the record and proceedings in the court to be amended according to the proof, whenever it may be deemed necessary by the court to amend such indictment....”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“In determining whether or not a jury verdict is against the overwhelming weight of the evidence, this Court must accept as true the evidence which supports the verdict and will reverse only when it is convinced that the circuit court has abused its discretion in failing to grant a new trial.”
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.