Hynes v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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5 state decisions

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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.

1. “Despite the trial court’s expressed difficulty with the construction of this statute, the statutory scheme is clear. If a person does the acts described in subsection one, he has committed a misdemeanor. If, however, the person intentionally commits an act which results in a cruel death or in excessive or repeated pain or suffering, a felony is committed. In other words, it is a misdemeanor to fail to feed a dog under the described circumstances; it is a felony to starve a dog to death, or deprive it of sustenance to the point where, like Pepsi [the dog], it has no muscle mass and is too weak even to stand.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. Brown v. State · 75 So. 3d 810 - State v. Morival

2. “To prove the* crime of Aggravated Animal Cruelty, the State must prove the following two elements beyond a reasonable doubt: ' 1. (Defendant) [intentionally committed an act 'to an animal] [or] [owned or had custody or control of an animal and failed to act]. 2. (Defendant’s) [act] [or] [failure to act] resulted in [excessive or repeated infliction of unnecessary pain] [or] [suffering to the animal" or the animal’s cruel death].”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. 195 So. 3d 1181 - Donald Ray Kervin v. State of Florida

3. “[a] person who unnecessarily overloads, overdrives, torments, deprives of necessary sustenance or shelter, or unnecessarily mutilates, or kills any animal, or causes the same to be done, or carries in or upon any vehicle, or otherwise, any animal in a cruel or inhumane manner, is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or by a fine of not more than $5,000, or both.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. 75 So. 3d 810 - State v. Morival