419 So. 2d 621 - State v. Lowery’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

11 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 11 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[T]he plain meaning of those words is evident — that the person who commits the killing cannot be charged as a principal in the commission of the felony, but rather someone else such as a victim, a bystander, a law enforcement officer, or anyone other than the one engaged in the perpetration of the underlying felony. [emphasis added]”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 540 So. 2d 124 - Webster v. State

2. “for a person to be guilty of second-degree felony murder, he must have been personally present at the commission of one of the enumerated violent felonies and the killing must have been committed by someone other than him or one of his co-felons.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 540 So. 2d 124 - Webster v. State

3. “by a person other than the person engaged in”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 540 So. 2d 124 - Webster v. State