777 So. 2d 1073 - Weir v. State’s Empirical Analysis
2001
Citation profile
3 federal appellate · 5 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 293 So. 2d 44 - Lynch v. State · 322 So. 2d 485 - Swan v. State · 97 So. 2d 277 - Tipton v. State · 763 So. 2d 276 - Gross v. Lyons · 748 So. 2d 963 - Eversley 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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Homicide is excusable when committed by accident and misfortune in doing any lawful act by lawful means with usual ordinary caution, and without any unlawful intent, or by accident and misfortune in the heat of passion, upon any sudden and sufficient provocation, or upon a sudden combat, without any dangerous weapon being used and not done in a cruel or unusual manner.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“alone would not excuse a defendant from guilt”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Pelham
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.