Swanson v. State’s Empirical Analysis
2006
Citation profile
3
cited by 3 later decisions
1
states following
February 2008
most recently cited
3 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Zuniga v. State · 887 So. 2d 362 - Cleveland v. State · Velazquez 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 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The fact that the defendant was wrongfully attacked cannot justify his use of force likely to cause death or great bodily harm if by retreating he could have avoided the need to use force.”
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.