Willis v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

5 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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “"(3) On conviction of a Class A felony, he must be punished by imprisonment for life or for any term of not less than 99 years. "(c) In all cases when it is shown that a criminal defendant has been previously convicted of any three felonies and after such convictions has committed another felony, he must be punished as follows: "(1) On conviction of a Class C felony, he must be punished by imprisonment for life or for any term not more than 99 years but not less than 15 years; "(2) On conviction for a Class B felony, he must be punished for life in the penitentiary; "(3) On conviction for a Class A felony, he must be punished by imprisonment for life without parole."”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 621 So. 2d 335 - Daniels v. State · 601 So. 2d 521 - Bland v. State

2. “was all part of one continuous criminal transaction, as the blood trail from the broken window clearly led into the doorway of Room 140 and into the room itself where appellant slept, with his arm cut and bleeding, wrapped in a towel, and the sheets also contained blood of the appellant.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 455 So. 2d 917 - Ex Parte Willis