324 So. 2d 178 - Dardy v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

4 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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “self-defense is not a viable defense to the offense of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 458 So. 2d 293 - Mungin v. State · 345 So. 2d 1093 - Coleman v. State

2. “to describe the defense to the charge of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon is that the defendant may very well be excused from his assault upon his assailant by reason of duress or self-defense without being excused from his possession of the firearm, because he either had other alternatives to the possession of the firearm or possessed it beforehand. The word”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 516 So. 2d 1052 - Marrero v. State