Arnett v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

1 federal appellate · 32 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 33 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “was aware of the presence and character of the particular substance and was consciously and intentionally in possession of it.”

   5 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Spurlock v. State · 652 So. 2d 745 - Berry v. State

2. “There is no written order granting a continuance until the August term, but rather an oral agreement between the attorneys and the judge as to such. Not only did the defendant not object to this, he initially requested that he be allowed time in which to complete other discovery... . [O]n May 20 the case was reset until August 26, 1985. Because the defense counsel actively participated in this resetting which was beneficial to his case, and because he failed to state any objection to the resetting, the statute remained tolled until August 26, 1985.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 678 So. 2d 683 - Simmons v. State

3. “Disclosure of an informant's identity shall not be required unless the confidential informant is to be produced at a hearing or trial or failure to disclose his/her identity will infringe the constitutional rights of the accused or unless the informant was or depicts himself/herself as an eyewitness to the event or events constituting the charge against the defendant.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 757 So. 2d 1005 - Jenkins v. State