458 So. 2d 42 - Davis v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

39 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 39 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[t]he facts show something more than a simple robbery. The young male defendant chose a relatively helpless female to terrorize, kidnap and promise to kill while holding a gun at her head rendering her `madly hysterical.'”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 509 So. 2d 281 - State v. Rousseau · 466 So. 2d 278 - Knowlton v. State

2. “If the scoresheets make provision for prior convictions, can those convictions also constitute clear and convincing reasons for aggravated punishment outside the guidelines?”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Williams v. State · 477 So. 2d 565 - State v. Davis

3. “Frankly, we think the judge was correct and it appears the victim only escaped from the moving car, in which she was abducted, because she fought like a tigress. Nonetheless, no sexual battery or murder was ever committed. Our sister court has held the possibility of further crime does not support aggravation and we agree for the reasons set forth therein. Lindsey v. State, 453 So.2d 485 (Fla. 2d DCA 1984).”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 511 So. 2d 1075 - Berry v. State