539 So. 2d 416 - Moore 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. “"An act or statement by a co-conspirator is provable against the accused if it is so closely connected and coordinated in time and place with the principal criminal act as that a sound-motion picture of the crime, *Page 99 which did not show such act or statement, would be reasonably considered as an imperfect portrayal of the crime."”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 654 So. 2d 95 - McKinney v. State · 790 So. 2d 975 - Acklin v. State

2. “Statements made by a co-conspirator within the res gestae of the crime are admissible against the defendant.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 654 So. 2d 95 - McKinney v. State · 790 So. 2d 975 - Acklin v. State

3. “"[A] codefendant's sentence is immaterial to the propriety of a sentence imposed on a defendant. Indeed, 'the government is permitted to encourage guilty pleas by offering substantial benefits to a defendant, and [the appellant,] having rejected the offer of a plea bargain, cannot complain that his codefendants received the benefit of a light sentence.' [D]isparity in sentencing may be proper where a co-defendant receives a lighter sentence pursuant to a plea agreement and that sentence is no basis for comparison to another codefendant's sentence. (Citations omitted.)"”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 715 So. 2d 888 - Perkins v. State