Palmer v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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14 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 14 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “It is unnecessary for us to decide in this ease whether the State can prove, over a Miranda -based objection, that an accused apprehended in possession of recently stolen goods was given an opportunity to explain his possession, yet stood entirely silent. . . . Clearly the charge may be given if the accused voluntarily gave an explanation when apprehended or when evidence of his failure to explain is elicited on his cross-examination at trial.”

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

2. “it would seem ... that the accused is entitled to a balancing charge that his possession does not infer guilt unless the state disproves the explanation.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 395 So. 2d 621 - Lynn v. State