808 So. 2d 166 - Scott v. State’s Empirical Analysis
2002
Citation profile
56
cited by 56 later decisions
1
states following
March 2018
most recently cited
3 federal appellate · 51 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Heggs v. State · Brown v. State · State v. Delva · 684 So. 2d 736 - Chicone v. State · Frank 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 56 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[s]ince the jury is entitled to be instructed on the elements of the offense, it cannot be harmless error to fail to do so especially when the omission is brought to the attention of the trial court by the defendant.”
11 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. Gary v. State · Norman v. State“[w]hen an essential element of a crime is in dispute at trial, such as the knowledge of the illicit nature of the substance in a possession case, the failure to instruct the jury on that element is fundamental error.”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage“[w]hile the existing jury instructions are adequate in requiring “knowledge of the presence of the substance,” we agree that, if specifically requested by a defendant, the trial court should expressly indicate to jurors that guilty knowledge means the defendant must have knowledge of the illicit nature of the substance allegedly possessed. We hold that the defendant was entitled to a more specific instruction as requested here.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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