Bush 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. “[i]t is apparent, therefore, than [sic] once an individual attempts to aid a fleeing felon for the purpose of accomplishing the result of helping him avoid detection, then he has actually completed the crime of accessory after the fact.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 851 So. 2d 400 - White v. State

2. “[i]f a crime is itself an attempt to do an act or accomplish a result, there can be no attempt to commit that crime.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 851 So. 2d 400 - White v. State

3. “that there is no such crime as attempted accessory after the fact.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 851 So. 2d 400 - White v. State