Bright v. State’s Empirical Analysis
2008
Citation profile
5
cited by 5 later decisions
1
states following
November 2017
most recently cited
5 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 895 So. 2d 836 - Bush v. State · McClain v. State · Gray v. State · Mease v. State · 541 So. 2d 1027 - McGowan 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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“A person is guilty of simple assault if he (a) attempts to cause or purposely, knowingly or recklessly causes bodily injury to another; or (b) negligently causes bodily injury to another with, a deadly weapon or other means likely to produce death or serious bodily harm [[Image here]]”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“A person is guilty of aggravated assault if he (a) attempts to cause serious bodily injury to another, or causes such injury purposely, knowingly or recklessly under circumstances manifesting extreme indifference to the value of human life [[Image here]]”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“[t]he jury was free to consider the evidence and determine if [the defendant] caused serious bodily injury to [the victim] either by hitting, kicking, or hitting and kicking.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.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.