504 So. 2d 1353 - LaPolla v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

19 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 19 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “"In order to be guilty of conspiring to violate . .. [a criminal] statute it must be proved that appellant agreed with another to commit a criminal offense while intending to commit the offense." Bragg v. State, 487 So.2d 424, 426 (Fla. 5th DCA 1986). The state must prove the acts contemplated in the conspiracy would constitute an offense under a Florida statute... . Beke v. State, 423 So.2d 417, 419 (Fla. 2d DCA 1982).”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Ginsberg v. Lennar Florida Holdings

2. “Whether the evidence fails to exclude all reasonable hypotheses of innocence is a fact question for the jury, which an appellate court will not overturn when there is substantial, competent evidence to support the jury verdict.”

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

3. “There is no conspiracy, likewise, when an essential act of the conspiracy is the sole responsibility of a government agent.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 967 So. 2d 440 - Brown v. State