441 So. 2d 1178 - State v. Glosson’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

12 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 12 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “The parties stipulated that each defendant had asserted an entrapment defense; that Wilson had an oral agreement with the sheriff, which agreement the state attorney's office knew about and even supervised Wilson's investigations; that Wilson would receive ten percent of all civil forfeiture proceedings resulting from the criminal investigations initiated and participated in by the sheriff; that Wilson must testify and cooperate in criminal prosecutions resulting from his investigations in order to collect the contingent fee; that this is one of those criminal prosecutions; and that Wilson must testify and cooperate in this case for there to be a successful prosecution.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 473 So. 2d 716 - Yolman v. State

2. “"In this case, Wilson set up the alleged transaction through Janet Moore, an acquaintance of appellees Gonzalez and Smith. Wilson was the seller, Gonzalez and Smith allegedly found buyers."”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 596 So. 2d 463 - State v. Anders

3. “more akin to the manufacturing of criminal activity ... [than to a] situation where the state merely seeks evidence of criminal activity.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 490 So. 2d 80 - Lee v. State