Jordan v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

25 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 25 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “(4) A waiver of counsel made in court shall be of record; a waiver made out of court shall be in writing with not less than two attesting witnesses. Said witnesses shall attest the voluntary execution thereof.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 399 So. 2d 13 - M. L. H. v. State · 448 So. 2d 1049 - State v. Cartwright

2. “"The statute here under consideration sets forth three distinct crimes, each of which is punishable as a second degree felony. The first is the act of unlawfully or willfully torturing, caging, or mutilating a child under the age of sixteen years. The second is the cruel, wanton, or malicious tormenting or punishing of such a child. The third is the intentional or knowing infliction of great bodily harm, permanent disability, or permanent disfigurement to a child under the age of 16 years while committing a battery upon the child. The description of these independent crimes is sufficiently clear that a person of ordinary intelligence can ascertain what conduct is proscribed `when measured by common understanding and practice.' [Cases cited.] This Court held when the predecessor to Section 828.04, Florida Statutes, was challenged that the phrase `unnecessarily and excessively chastises', [sic] which remains in subsection (2) of the instant statute, was sufficiently definite when viewed from this standpoint. Campbell v. State, 240 So.2d 298 (Fla. 1970). The Court's reasoning there applies with equal force to the language at issue here."”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 354 So. 2d 866 - Faust v. State · 364 So. 2d 416 - Chambers v. State

3. “"Whoever unlawfully or willfully tortures, cages, or mutilates, or whoever cruelly, wantonly, or with malice, torments or punishes, any child under the age of sixteen years or whoever, in committing a battery upon any child under the age of sixteen years, intentionally or knowingly causes great bodily harm, permanent disability, or permanent disfigurement to such child is guilty of a felony of the second degree, punishable as provided in § 775.082, § 775.083, or § 775.084."”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 354 So. 2d 866 - Faust v. State