487 So. 2d 709 - State v. Dean’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

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

1. “In this case the identity of the victim was not at issue. However, the jury was required to determine whether the defendant had specific intent to kill or to inflict great bodily harm. The photographs to which defendant objects are the following: S-1—the face, neck and upper chest of the victim, displaying a large wound of the left cheek; S-2—the lower legs of the victim, showing stab wounds to the right knee; S-3—the neck, lower face and left upper arm, illustrating two”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 525 So. 2d 1097 - State v. Richard

2. “The fact of an intoxicated or drugged condition of the offender at the time of the commission of the crime is immaterial, except as follows: ... (2) Where the circumstances indicate that an intoxicated or drugged condition has precluded the presence of a specific criminal intent or of special knowledge required in a particular crime, this fact constitutes a defense to a prosecution for that crime.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Freeman

3. “If the circumstances indicate that because of a mental disease or mental defect the offender was incapable of distinguishing between right and wrong with reference to the conduct in question, the offender shall be exempt from criminal responsibility.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. State v. Sheppard