394 So. 2d 254 - State v. Wilson’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

26 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 26 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “evident from the implication of the question, in the setting in which it is asked, that a responsive answer to the question or an explanation of why it cannot be answered might be dangerous because injurious disclosure could result.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Carter · 573 So. 2d 1233 - State v. Smith

2. “No person shall be compelled to give evidence against himself.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 406 So. 2d 563 - State v. Coleman · 419 So. 2d 881 - State v. Edwards

3. “An irregularity or error cannot be availed of after verdict unless it was objected to at the time of occurrence. A bill of exceptions to rulings or orders is unnecessary. It is sufficient that a party, at the time the ruling or order of the court is made or sought, makes known to the court the action which he desires the court to take, or of his objections to the action of the court, and the grounds therefor.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. 404 So. 2d 239 - State v. Johnson · 403 So. 2d 44 - State v. Darby