975 So. 2d 444 - Chambers v. State’s Empirical Analysis
2007
Citation profile
6
cited by 6 later decisions
1
states following
November 2012
most recently cited
5 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on State v. Delva · 403 So. 2d 956 - Ray v. State · 491 So. 2d 1120 - Murray v. State · 894 So. 2d 59 - Crain v. State · 944 So. 2d 203 - Sanders 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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Prior to the opinion in Sanders [v.State, 944 So.2d 203 (Fla.2006)], most lawyers and judges would have assumed that all homicide offenses should be listed on the verdict form before the lesser offenses that were not homicide offenses. The schedule of lesser-included offenses contained in the Florida Standard Jury Instructions (Criminal) does not specifically include attempted crimes, but the schedules on completed homicides list offenses in this manner. Fla. Std. Jury Instr. (Crim.) at 622-624 (5th ed.).”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Graham v. State“In order for an error to be fundamental, it must be harmful.”
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.