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785 So. 2d 317 - Ferrell v. State’s Empirical Analysis

2001

Citation profile

4
cited by 4 later decisions
1
states following
March 2015
most recently cited

4 state decisions

Relationships

Relies on 657 So. 2d 799 - McGhee v. State · Pool v. State · 669 So. 2d 19 - McLemore v. State · Kennard v. State · 750 So. 2d 1238 - Stidham 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.

  1. “The authorities are clear that [the appellate court] will not disturb the discre tionary action of the trial court in dismissing an appeal when it appears that the appellant’s failure to appear was due to wilful neglect, where he acted in bad faith, or otherwise trifled with the court, or where the [prosecution] was prejudiced.”
    2 later decisions 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.