Colon v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

8 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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “"Excusable Homicide: The killing of a human being is excusable and therefore lawful when it is committed by accident and misfortune and by doing a lawful act, by lawful means and with the usual ordinary caution and without any unlawful intent, or by accident or misfortune in the heat of passion upon any sudden or sufficient provocation or upon a sudden combat without any dangerous weapon being used and not done in a cruel or unusual manner." (emphasis added)”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 495 So. 2d 1204 - Parker v. State · 500 So. 2d 290 - Bowes v. State