Alford v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

16 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 16 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “to relate to anything within the context of the case.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 465 So. 2d 573 - Sarvis v. State · 471 So. 2d 630 - Williams v. State

2. “No pretense of moral or legal justification”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 471 So. 2d 630 - Williams v. State