Rodgers v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

8 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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “not only to prove the appellant's guilt beyond every reasonable doubt but to the exclusion of every reasonable hypothesis of his innocence.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Lewis v. State · 490 So. 2d 1220 - Whatley v. State

2. “[w]e have consistently held that where there is a variance between the indictment and the proof as to ownership [of stolen property], objection should be made thereto specifically during the trial, and that it is too late to raise the objection after verdict, and further, that such an objection cannot be raised by a request for a peremptory instruction.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 755 So. 2d 521 - Potts v. State

3. “the secrecy surrounding the handling of the whiskey ... tended just as much to show that the manner of handling and dealing with the whiskey was because it was an illegal commodity as ... because the parties were dealing with stolen property. One theory is just as reasonable as the other... .”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 490 So. 2d 1220 - Whatley v. State