774 So. 2d 844 - Heck v. State’s Empirical Analysis
2000
Citation profile
4
cited by 4 later decisions
1
states following
September 2015
most recently cited
4 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 287 So. 2d 73 - State v. Bryan · Jackson v. State · 289 So. 2d 472 - Owens v. State · 584 So. 2d 579 - CSX Transp., Inc. v. Whittler · Avila 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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“`[W]hat is important is that sufficient instructionsnot necessarily academically perfect onesbe given as adequate guidance to enable a jury to arrive at a verdict based upon the law as applied to the evidence before them.'”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“great [harm] as distinguished from slight, trivial, minor or moderate harm and as such, does not include mere bruises as are likely to be inflicted in a simple assault and battery.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“If jury instructions, viewed as a whole, fairly state the applicable law to the jury, the failure to give particular instructions will not be error.”
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.