371 So. 2d 947 - Dillard v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

15 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 15 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “"The Court charges the jury that if after considering all the evidence in the case, that tending to show guilt together with the tendency to show innocence, there should spring up involuntarily in your mind from any part of the evidence a probability of the innocence of the Defendant, you should not convict the Defendant." (R. 343.)”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 570 So. 2d 762 - Thornton v. State · 379 So. 2d 334 - Thomas v. State

2. “[I]f by the oral charge or by other requested jury instructions, the jury is presented a discussion of the reasonable doubt standard as applied to the evidence in its totality, then the failure to give instructions similar to defendant's charges . . . is not error to reverse.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 379 So. 2d 334 - Thomas v. State · 560 So. 2d 1107 - Sharpe v. State

3. ““19. The Court charges the jury that if the jury, upon considering all the evidence, has a reasonable doubt that the Defendant is guilty, .arising out of any part of the evidence, you should not convict the Defendant.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 379 So. 2d 334 - Thomas v. State