344 So. 2d 1334 - Wright v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1977
Citation profile
7
cited by 7 later decisions
2
states following
March 1980
most recently cited
7 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 283 So. 2d 1 - State v. Dixon · 341 So. 2d 1078 - Sosa v. State · 128 So. 2d 132 - Jefferson v. State · 77 So. 2d 876 - Hornbeck v. State · State v. Williams
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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The obvious ultimate purpose of the felony-murder statute ... is, we think, to prevent the death of innocent persons likely to occur during the commission of certain inherently dangerous and particularly grievous felonies. The method employed by the statute to accomplish this purpose is, of course, to create a deterrent to the commission of such felonies by substituting the mere intent to commit those felonies for the permeditated design to effect death which would otherwise be required in first degree murder if someone were killed in the commission thereof. But we emphasize that the statute is primarily designed to protect the innocent public i and it would be incongruous to reach a conclusion having the effect of placing the perpetrators themselves beneath its mantle.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Perez · State v. Burch“When a person is killed in the perpetration of, or in the attempt to perpetrate any . . . robbery . . . by a person other than the person engaged in the perpetration of or in the attempt to perpetrate such felony, the person perpetrating or attempting to perpetrate such felony shall be guilty of murder in the second degree . . . . (Emphasis supplied)”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. McRae v. State
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