Luis Rios v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

9 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 9 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “effectively eliminated Defendant's sole affirmative defense.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Andujar-Ruiz v. State · TREVOR DOOLEY v. STATE OF FLORIDA

2. “A person is justified in using force, except deadly force, against another when and to the extent that the person reasonably believes that such conduct is necessary to defend himself or herself or another against the other’s imminent use of unlawful force. However, a person is justified in the use of deadly force and does not have a duty to retreat if: (1) He or she reasonably believes that such force is necessary to prevent imminent death or great bodily harm to himself or herself or another or to prevent the imminent commission of a forcible felony ....”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 149 So. 3d 144 - John Thomas Dorsey v. State

3. “A person who is not engaged in an unlawful activity and who is attacked in any other place where he or she has a right to be has no duty to retreat and has the right to stand his or her ground and meet force with force, including deadly force if he or she reasonably believes it is necessary to do so to prevent death or great bodily harm to himself or herself or another or to prevent the commission of a forcible felony.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 149 So. 3d 144 - John Thomas Dorsey v. State