Settle 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. “(a) The presiding judge shall charge the jury only upon the law of the case at the conclusion of argument of counsel and upon request of either the State or the defendant the judge shall include in said charge the maximum and minimum sentences which may be imposed (including probation) for the offense for which the accused is then on trial.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 399 So. 2d 473 - Lewis v. State

2. “"Upon an indictment or information upon which the defendant is to be tried for any offense the jurors may convict the defendant of an attempt to commit such offense if such attempt is an offense, or may convict him of any offense which is necessarily included in the offense charged. The court shall charge the jury in this regard."”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 338 So. 2d 1309 - Robinson v. State

3. “the penalty fixed by law for the offense for which the accused is then on trial”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 304 So. 2d 466 - Mitchell v. State