Waterhouse v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

42 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 46 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “I think I want to talk to an attorney before I say anything else”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 474 So. 2d 796 - Valle v. State · 748 So. 2d 1012 - Jones v. State

2. “The principle of Provence , however, is not applicable here. In Provence we reasoned that proof that a capital felony was committed during the course of a robbery necessarily was based on the same aspect of the crime that provided the basis for finding the motive of pecuniary gain. The same reasoning does not apply to the two aggravating circumstances in question here. The previous conviction and the parole status were two separate and distinct characteristics of the defendant, not based on the same evidence and the same essential facts. Therefore separate findings of the two factors were proper.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Bundy v. State · 442 So. 2d 185 - Johnson v. State

3. “The fact that an accused is represented by counsel does not preclude his waiver of the right to have counsel present when talking to law enforcement officers. [citation omitted]”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 453 So. 2d 1195 - Adan v. State · 462 So. 2d 596 - State v. Evans