Febus v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

5 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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “If a prior decision was poorly reasoned or unworkable, we do not achieve the goals sought through reliance upon stare decisis by continuing to follow that precedent.”

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

2. “promote judicial efficiency and consistency, encourage reliance upon judicial decisions, and contribute to the integrity of the judicial process.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Saucedo, Andrew Melchor

3. “A jury may accept one version of the facts and reject another, and it may reject any part of a witness's testimony.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Braughton, Christopher Ernest