Velazquez v. State’s Empirical Analysis
2004
Citation profile
21
cited by 21 later decisions
1
states following
February 2008
most recently cited
21 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 831 So. 2d 1263 - Giles v. State · Zuniga v. State · 877 So. 2d 856 - Baker 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 21 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“However, the use of force likely to cause death or great bodily harm is not justifiable if you find: 1. DAVID BROZEY was attempting to commit, committing, or escaping after the commission of Murder Second Degree. . . .”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage“essentially negates the defense and constitutes fundamental error when a defendant committed a single act and claimed self-defense.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. Smith v. State · Swanson v. State“is applicable only in circumstances where the person claiming self-defense is engaged in another independent forcible felony at the time.”
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.