379 So. 2d 323 - Hammock v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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5 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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “The killing of a human being without malice, in the heat of passion, but in a cruel or unusual manner, or by the use of a dangerous weapon, without authority of law, and not in necessary self-defense, shall be manslaughter.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Taylor v. State · Ruffin v. State

2. “More accurately, the case turns upon whether the killing was in the heat of passion and without deliberation and malice. This is true because appellant's”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Taylor v. State

3. “The distinction between murder and manslaughter is that the homicide in the case of murder must have been committed with malice and after deliberation.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 606 So. 2d 1092 - Mallett v. State