30 So. 3d 833 - State v. Ramirez’s Empirical Analysis

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10 state decisions

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

1. “[N]o absolute rule can be laid down by which to decide with certainty whether the declarant, at the time of making his statement, really expected to die, yet when the wound is from its nature mortal, and when, as a matter of fact, the deceased shortly after making his statement died, the courts have uniformly held that the declarant really believed that death was impending, and his statement has been admitted as a dying declaration.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 171 So. 3d 1063 - State v. Bernard

2. “A statement is admissible as a dying declaration if it is made when the declarant is conscious of his condition and aware of his approaching demise ... 'The victim need not express his awareness of his demise in direct terms, but rather the necessary state of mind may be inferred from the facts and circumstances surrounding the making of the declaration.'”

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