Chavers v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

6 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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “"The Court instructs the jury that if you believe from the evidence in the case, beyond all reasonable doubt and to a moral certainty, that the defendant killed the deceased without malice, either expressed or implied, and without intent to kill or inflict the injury causing death, while committing an unlawful act or while committing a lawful act in an improper or negligent manner, he would be guilty of manslaughter in the second degree."”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 361 So. 2d 1106 - Chavers v. State

2. “"`But in the condition of life today, especially in large cities, a man may have one reputation in the suburb of his residence and another in the office or the factory at *Page 595 his place of work. . . . There may be distinct circles of persons, each circle having no relation to the other, and yet each having a reputation based on constant and intimate personal observation of the man.'"”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 389 So. 2d 591 - Steele v. State

3. “The only evidence presented at trial indicating the shooting was unintentional and accidental came from the lips of the defendant.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 361 So. 2d 1106 - Chavers v. State