121 So. 3d 524 - Williams v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

12 state decisions

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 12 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Defendant is charged in count one of the information with Dealing in Stolen Property (trafficking) and in count two of the information with Grand Theft. “... the trier of fact may return a guilty verdict on one or the other, but not both, of the counts.””

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. In re Standard Jury Instructions in Criminal Cases—Instruction 14.2 · Haywood v. State

2. “All that remains is to select one offense or the other as the offense resulting in a judgment and sentence. The courts have been following the policies of double jeopardy as to this issue. Even if we concluded that we must select the offense with the lesser degree or the lesser penalty, a new trial would not be warranted.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 121 So. 3d 535 - Blackmon v. State

3. “common thief” if [he][she] had the intent to appropriate the property to [his] [her] own use or to the use of any person not entitled to the use of the property. The defendant is a”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Haywood v. State