763 So. 2d 295 - Merck v. State’s Empirical Analysis
2000
Citation profile
12
cited by 12 later decisions
1
states following
December 2018
most recently cited
12 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 571 So. 2d 415 - Campbell v. State · 511 So. 2d 526 - Rogers v. State · 680 So. 2d 413 - Bonifay v. State · 395 So. 2d 492 - Peek v. State · 753 So. 2d 9 - Zack 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 12 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[e]vidence is mitigating if, in fairness or in the totality of the defendant's life or character, it may be considered as extenuating or reducing the degree of moral culpability for the crime committed.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.