545 So. 2d 205 - Mullis v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

21 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 21 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “When an in-court identification of the accused is shown to have a basis independent of any pre-trial identification, then it is properly admitted into evidence.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 568 So. 2d 381 - Gray v. State · 627 So. 2d 1034 - Jenkins v. State

2. “Reliability is the linchpin in determining the admissibility of identification testimony.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 627 So. 2d 1034 - Jenkins v. State · 596 So. 2d 16 - Huff v. State

3. “The accused must affirmatively show that pretrial publicity has so saturated the community as to have a probable impact on the prospective jurors or that there is a connection between publicity generated and the existence of actual juror prejudice.”

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