361 So. 2d 774 - Conner v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

10 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 10 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “One unlawfully attacked in his own home or on his own premises has no duty to retreat and may lawfully stand his ground and meet force with force, including deadly force, if necessary to prevent imminent death or great bodily harm to himself or another, or to prevent the commission of a forcible felony.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 415 So. 2d 724 - State v. Bobbitt · 404 So. 2d 160 - Rippie v. State

2. “a person placed in imminent danger of death or great bodily harm to himself by the wrongful attack of another has no duty to retreat if to do so would increase his own danger of death or great bodily harm.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Cooper v. United States · 415 So. 2d 724 - State v. Bobbitt

3. “where both the antagonist and the assailed are legal occupants of the same `castle,' neither one having the legal right to eject the other, the defense of home instruction need not be given.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 415 So. 2d 724 - State v. Bobbitt · 404 So. 2d 160 - Rippie v. State