State v. Sellers’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

11 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 11 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “"[W]e would think a completely revealed weapon would not be a concealed weapon, and dismissal on motion would be proper. But it does not follow that a weapon, in order to be concealed, must be completely concealed." ( 281 So.2d at 398 ).”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 506 So. 2d 493 - State v. Joseph · 369 So. 2d 108 - Powell v. State

2. “We think that the proper rule is that where the weapon is carried in such a manner that an ordinary citizen viewing the accused would not see the weapon clearly exposed as such[,] the question of concealment should be left to the jury.”

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