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815 So. 2d 1122 - Slaughter v. State’s Empirical Analysis

2002

Citation profile

37
cited by 37 later decisions
1
cited 1 times by the Supreme Court
1
states following
February 2019
most recently cited

36 state decisions

Relationships

Relies on Foster v. State · 645 So. 2d 829 - Chase v. State · 671 So. 2d 581 - Walker v. State · Carr v. State · 660 So. 2d 1228 - Davis 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 37 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

  1. “The standard of review that appellate courts must apply to lawyer misconduct during opening statements or closing arguments is whether the natural and probable effect of the improper argument is to create unjust prejudice against the accused so as to result in a decision influenced by the prejudice so created.”
    5 later decisions quote this exact passage
  2. “court should also be very careful in limiting free play of ideas, imagery, and personalities of counsel in their argument to [a] jury.”
    4 later decisions quote this exact passage
  3. “a person who is implicated in the commission of the crime.”
    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.