831 So. 2d 253 - Thomas v. State’s Empirical Analysis
2002
Citation profile
3
cited by 3 later decisions
1
states following
May 2006
most recently cited
3 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 516 So. 2d 1048 - Pieczynski v. State · Rodriguez 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.
“An incorrect jury instruction on the defense of justifiable use of deadly and non-deadly force constitutes fundamental error if there is a reasonable possibility that the instruction may have led to the conviction.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“the defendant's theory of defense was justifiable force.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.