Sipp v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

2 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 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “It is urged by the state that the officer’s promise of money was sufficient to complete the sale and it does not matter that neither the product nor the money changed hands. We cannot agree because we read this particular statute to require more than a seller’s possession with intent to sell and a buyer’s promise to pay.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 488 So. 2d 632 - Mitchell v. State

2. “to violate the statute the sale must have been truly completed — delivery (actual or constructive) of the substance the police were led to believe was controlled but turned out not to be, and a payment,”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 636 So. 2d 853 - Carruthers v. State

3. “`Sell' means to transfer or deliver something to another person in exchange for money or something of value or a promise of money or something of value.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 636 So. 2d 853 - Carruthers v. State