570 So. 2d 791 - Davis v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

9 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 9 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “a trap for the unwary innocent and the trap for the unwary criminal.”

   6 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Patterson v. State · Pines v. State

2. ““In Sorrells, supra, the United States Supreme Court articulated the ‘origin of intent test.’ This test permits invocation of the entrapment defense ‘when the criminal design originates with the officials of the Government, and they implant in the mind of an innocent person the disposition to commit the alleged offense and induce its commission in order that they may prosecute.’ Sorrells, supra, 287 U.S. at 442 , 53 S.Ct. at 212-13 .””

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Pines v. State · 593 So. 2d 162 - Graham v. State

3. “'that the government's conduct created a substantial risk that the offense would be committed by a person other than one ready to commit it.' " Smith , 583 So.2d at 992 (quoting United States v. Dickens , 524 F.2d 441 , 444 (5th Cir. 1975), cert. denied, 425 U.S. 994 , 96 S.Ct. 2208 , 48 L.Ed.2d 819 (1976)). Generally, in cases involving a "reverse buy,”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Pines v. State · 601 So. 2d 508 - Ruggs v. State