921 So. 2d 708 - Fowler v. State’s Empirical Analysis
2006
Citation profile
19
cited by 19 later decisions
1
states following
January 2019
most recently cited
19 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 830 So. 2d 792 - Pagan v. State · 492 So. 2d 1344 - Fowler v. State · Brown v. State · 681 So. 2d 1112 - Sims v. State · 719 So. 2d 335 - State v. Rivera
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 19 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“"While the defendant may have the burden of going forward with evidence of self-defense, the burden of proving guilt beyond a reasonable doubt never shifts from the State, and this standard broadly includes the requirement that the State prove that the defendant did not act in self-defense beyond a reasonable doubt."”
4 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. E.A.B. v. State · EAB v. State“[t]he State must prove the defendant's guilt beyond a reasonable doubt, and when the defendant presents a prima facie case of - 16 - self-defense, the State's burden includes 'proving beyond a reasonable doubt that the defendant did not act in self-defense.'”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“[e]vidence that leaves room for two or more inferences of fact, at least one of which is consistent with the defendant's hypothesis of innocence, is not legally sufficient to make a case for the jury.”
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.