418 So. 2d 964 - Thomas v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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6 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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Physical injury which creates a substantial risk of death, or which causes serious and protracted disfigurement, protracted impairment of health or protracted loss or impairment of the function of any bodily organ.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 434 So. 2d 859 - Alvis v. State · 474 So. 2d 196 - Haslerig v. State

2. “serious and protracted disfigurement, protracted impairment of health or protracted loss or impairment of the function of [a] bodily organ.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 467 So. 2d 265 - Davis v. State

3. “slight deflection in the paths of the bullets could have caused paralysis or death by hitting a vital organ or blood vessel.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 474 So. 2d 196 - Haslerig v. State