Lawrence v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

2 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 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “* * * If the police engage in illegal activity in concert with a defendant beyond the scope of their duties the remedy lies, not in freeing the equally culpable defendant, but in prosecuting the police under the applicable provisions of state or federal law. * * *”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 441 So. 2d 1178 - State v. Glosson

2. “unconscionable misconduct, abuse of prosecutorial discretion and violations of due process and equal protection.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 441 So. 2d 1178 - State v. Glosson