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← 887 SO2D 1286 - Davis v. State

Davis v. State’s Empirical Analysis

2004

Citation profile

7
cited by 7 later decisions
1
states following
June 2018
most recently cited

7 state decisions

Relationships

Relies on 79 So. 2d 846 - Sells v. Jensen · 846 So. 2d 458 - State v. Boyd · Freeman v. State · 660 So. 2d 703 - Abreu v. State · Kimbrough 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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

  1. “a substantial reason, one that affords a legal excuse, or a cause moving the court to its conclusion, not arbitrary or contrary to all the evidence, and not mere ignorance of law, hardship on petitioner, and reliance on [another's] advice.”
    2 later decisions quote this exact passage
  2. “when the failure to act was the result of excusable neglect.”
    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.