919 So. 2d 12 - Foster v. State’s Empirical Analysis
2005
Citation profile
4
cited by 4 later decisions
1
states following
April 2009
most recently cited
4 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 895 So. 2d 836 - Bush v. State · United States v. Eichman · McClain v. State · 503 So. 2d 803 - Wetz v. State · 440 So. 2d 297 - Groseclose 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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“In deciding whether a jury verdict is against the overwhelming weight of the evidence, this Court will disturb a jury verdict only when it is so contrary to the overwhelming weight of evidence that allowing it to stand would sanction an unconscionable injustice.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“if there is substantial evidence in support of the verdict, that is, evidence of such quality and weight that reasonable and fair minded jurors in the exercise of impartial judgment might have reached different conclusions, affirmance is required.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“consider the evidence in the light most favorable to the appellee, giving that party the benefit of all favorable inference that may be reasonably drawn from the evidence.”
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.