Zinnerman v. State’s Empirical Analysis
2006
Citation profile
8 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Rich v. State · 887 So. 2d 362 - Cleveland v. State · Velazquez v. State · 903 So. 2d 183 - In re Amendments to the Rules Regulating the Florida Bar · 889 So. 2d 937 - Carter 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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“DOES FUNDAMENTAL ERROR OCCUR WHEN AN ERRONEOUS JURY INSTRUCTION RELATES ONLY TO AN AFFIRMATIVE DEFENSE AND NOT TO AN ESSENTIAL ELEMENT OF THE CRIME?”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“However, the use of force likely to cause death or great bodily harm is not justifiable if you find: 1. [Gregory Joseph Johnson] was attempting to commit, [or] committing . . . [a murder or aggravated battery]. . . .”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Johnson v. State
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.