405 So. 2d 1015 - Thomas v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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10 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 10 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[w]hoever, in the course of one criminal transaction or episode, commits an act or acts constituting a violation of two or more criminal statutes, upon conviction and adjudication of guilt, shall be sentenced separately for each criminal offense, excluding lesser included offenses... .”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 440 So. 2d 505 - Watts v. State · 435 So. 2d 789 - State v. Getz

2. “[u]nless distinct statutory provisions are involved, it is not appropriate to apply the legislative intent test of Blockburger v. United States, 284 U.S. 299 , 52 S.Ct. 180 , 76 L.Ed. 306 (1932).”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 435 So. 2d 789 - State v. Getz

3. “A reading of section 812.014(2)(b)1 or section 812.014(2)(b)3 in isolation would not provide a complete description of the offense.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 427 So. 2d 760 - State v. Grappin