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845 So. 2d 358 - State v. Sylvia’s Empirical Analysis

2003

Citation profile

21
cited by 21 later decisions
1
states following
March 2017
most recently cited

21 state decisions

Relationships

Relies on Jackson v. Virginia · 523 So. 2d 1305 - State v. Mussall · 448 So. 2d 676 - State v. Captville · 425 So. 2d 1222 - State v. Trahan · State v. Smith

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 21 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

  1. “The trier of fact makes credibility determinations and may, within the bounds of rationality, accept or reject the testimony; thus, a reviewing court may impinge on the `fact finder's discretion only to the extent necessary to guarantee the fundamental due process of law.'”
    6 later decisions quote this exact passage
  2. “when the circumstances indicate that the offender, in the ordinary course of human experience, must have adverted to the prescribed criminal consequences as reasonably certain to result from his act or failure to act.”
    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.