46 So. 2d 725 - Taylor v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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14 state decisions

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

1. “being under the influence of intoxicating liquors”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Smith v. State · 348 So. 2d 283 - State v. Harris

2. ““It seems to us that there is no need to detail the circumstances surrounding the collision of the two cars. We shall dismiss this question by stating simply that there was abundant proof to support a conclusion that the appellant was driving at an excessive rate of speed on a curved highway where it was crossed by an overpass of a railroad; that he struck head-on the car occupied by Wellin as it traveled in its right-hand lane; and that immediately after the accident witnesses determined that appellant had recently been drinking some alcoholic beverage. * * * * * * “Even assuming that the references to liquor in this count presented no element of that offense, still it has been held by this court that testimony tending to show that a defendant, charged only with culpable negligence, was under the influence of intoxicants at the time of an automobile collision is admissible, on the theory that a driver so exhilarated is likely to be abnormally reckless. * * * ””

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Smith v. State · Flint v. State

3. ““In this particular case we are strengthened in this view because, after all, at the time the cause was submitted to the jury the defendant stood directly charged with the offense of operating his car ‘while intoxicated,’ a separate and distinct offense denounced under Section 860.01, Florida Statutes 1941, and F.S.A. Certainly . throughout the course of the trial the jury properly heard of the defendant’s alleged intoxication, and of course the term, ‘intoxicated,’ is stronger and includes the term, ‘under the influence of intoxicating liquor.’ Cannon v. State, 91 Fla. 214 , 107 So. 360, 362 .””

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 348 So. 2d 283 - State v. Harris · 97 So. 2d 316 - Clowney v. State