Cherry v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

7 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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “As the general rule recognizes, when a public officer signs a document which he or she is required to sign in an official capacity, the signature can be judicially noticed, even without a designation of title.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 518 So. 2d 809 - Patterson v. State

2. “to insure that a statement has been taken from the affiant under oath.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 542 So. 2d 325 - Sanders v. City of Birmingham