455 So. 2d 240 - Morrison v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

6 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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “"An indictment must, of course, inform the defendant of the charge he must defend against; if it fails to do this, then it is defective. When the indictment charges 'unlawful' possession, then by inference it means 'knowing' possession. Either actual possession or constructive possession is sufficient to constitute the crime. It should not be necessary in the indictment to detail whether the possession expected to be proved is actual or constructive or both. The defendant was not injured by the wording of this indictment and was properly informed of the charges against him."”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Ex Parte Harper · 484 So. 2d 1174 - Jackson v. State

2. “the trial court's ruling is to be given great credence unless clearly erroneous or palpably wrong, which we find it was not in this case.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 535 So. 2d 599 - Harper v. State

3. “foolish practice to destroy evidence before a trial in the ordinary situation.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 484 So. 2d 1174 - Jackson v. State