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934 So. 2d 496 - Polite v. State’s Empirical Analysis

2005

Citation profile

2
cited by 2 later decisions
1
states following
September 2007
most recently cited

2 state decisions

Relationships

Relies on 491 So. 2d 1129 - State v. DiGuilio · Ray v. State · 791 So. 2d 1093 - Andrews v. Florida Parole Commission · Diaz v. Warren · 696 So. 2d 709 - Damren 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 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

  1. “[t]here is no doubt [knowledge] is an indispensable element of the crime in question”
    2 later decisions quote this exact passage
  2. “[a] person is not justified in the use of force to resist an arrest by a law enforcement officer who is known, or reasonably appears, to be a law enforcement officer.”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage
  3. “erroneously informed the jury that it was not necessary to establish this fact to convict the defendant.”
    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.