Murphy v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

6 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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “A trial court must adjudicate and sentence a defendant convicted of a crime, or in an appropriate case, adjudicate the defendant not guilty due to a lack of sufficient evidence to convict, double jeopardy, or any other legally sufficient reason. The trial court may not simply refuse to act.”). 2 . Covello was held in a jail in another county during trial and was transported between jails on more than one occasion. For security reasons, a photograph was taken of him each time he was transported between jails. 3 . A”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Murphy v. State · 154 So. 3d 401 - Jonathan Joseph Covello v. State