Battle v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

11 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 12 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “one Julio Acuno [sic] or Carlos Hernandez, or both, or other persons unknown”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Rodriguez-Jimenez · 471 So. 2d 1297 - State v. Mena

2. “"The Grand Jurors of the State of Florida, duly called, impaneled and sworn to inquire and true presentment make in and for the body of the County of Dade, upon their oaths present that AMILCAR JOSE RODRIGUEZ-JIMENEZ, also known as JAVIER RODRIGUEZ, also known as SELIMO S. GARCIA, also known as "RAFAEL," and AGUEDO BORREGO-ESTRADA, also known as "CACHO," and WINSTON SALAVERRIA, hereinafter referred to as the Defendants, along with Armando Gonzalez and Miriam Borrego named herein as Co-Conspirators but not as Defendants and others known and unknown to the Grand Jury commencing on or about the 29th day of September, 1979 and continuing through or about the 3rd day of October, 1979, within the County of Dade, State of Florida, did unlawfully and feloniously agree, conspire, combine or confederate together and with one another, to commit a felony under the laws of the State of Florida, to wit: FIRST DEGREE MURDER, by unlawfully and feloniously agreeing, conspiring, combining or confederating together with one another to unlawfully and from a premeditated design to effect the death of RAIMUNDO MARTINEZ with a deadly weapon, to wit: A FIREARM, to wit: A PISTOL, which act is prohibited and declared to be a felony by Florida Statutes 782.04, 775.087 and 777.011. "That is to say, that during the period of time commencing on or about the 29th day of September, 1979, and continuing through or about the 3rd day of October, 1979, the Defendants along with Armando Gonzalez and Miriam Borre”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Rodriguez-Jimenez

3. “[T]he solicitation was complete after it was made and no element of the crime of solicitation took place in Florida; therefore, Florida was without jurisdiction to try appellant for this offense. In this case, although the acts solicited were to be performed in Florida, the crime charged in the indictment of solicitation was committed wholly outside Florida.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 77 So. 3d 914 - Sanders v. State