Batiste v. Blackburn’s Empirical Analysis
786 F.2d 704 · 1986
Citation profile
6
cited by 6 later decisions
February 1994
most recently cited
5 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Relies on In the Matter of Samuel Winship · 312 So. 2d 318 - State v. Elam · Adams v. Murphy
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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Under such a definition, no longer must a robber use a dangerous weapon to be considered armed; according to the trial court, he need only terrify his victim into believing that a weapon exists — regardless of the inaccuracy of the belief — to commit armed robbery.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Reed v. Butler
How this case has been treated — in progress
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