Thomas v. State’s Empirical Analysis
2002
Citation profile
3
cited by 3 later decisions
1
states following
November 2008
most recently cited
3 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 606 So. 2d 1132 - Parker v. State · 604 So. 2d 271 - Wells v. State · 436 So. 2d 1381 - Morris v. State · 532 So. 2d 584 - Doby v. State · Gibson 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 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[M]atters regarding the chain of custody of evidence are largely within the discretion of the trial court, and absent an abuse of discretion, reversal will not be granted.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“recognized that any indication of tampering or substitution of evidence is the proper test for assessing the sufficiency of the chain of custody.”
1 later decision 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.