387 So. 2d 237 - Sasser v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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14 state decisions

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

1. “no evidence by which the testimony of two unimpeached and unimpeachable experts, to the effect that [the appellant] was insane at the time of the alleged crime, may be disparaged.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Cunningham v. State · Janezic v. State

2. “defendant was not being properly medicated . . . his condition would revert to manic depressive psychosis, manic type, . . . a mental disease that would render him incapable of discerning right from wrong.”

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

3. “(A)lthough great weight must be given to a jury's verdict after they have considered a plea of insanity, there is an exception where the proof of insanity is overwhelming and undisputed.”

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