Bunkley v. Florida’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

34 federal appellate · 3 district · 43 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 118 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “The Florida Supreme Court committed an error of law here by not addressing whether the [ L.B. v. State, 700 So.2d 370 (Fla.1997),] decision means that at the time Bunkley was convicted, he was convicted of a crime — armed burglary — for which he may not be guilty.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 882 So. 2d 890 - Bunkley v. State · Clem v. State

2. “‘[Rjetroactivity is not at issue’ if the [new interpretation] ... is 'a correct statement of the law when [a defendant's] conviction became final.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Moore v. Helling · Clem v. State

3. “[t]he proper question under Fiore is not whether the law has changed,”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 882 So. 2d 890 - Bunkley v. State · 921 So. 2d 513 - State v. Barnum