State v. McGuire’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

11 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 11 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[The defendant’s] escape in Florida occurred approximately ten to eleven hours before he met the victim. The instant offense did not occur in a vacuum. The defendant’s escape led to the commission of this offense and, without this evidence, “the complete story of the crime could not be told.””

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Regalado v. State · 719 So. 2d 1134 - State v. Bilbo

2. “the taking of anything of value belonging to another from the person of another or that is in the immediate control of another, by use of force or intimidation, while armed with a dangerous weapon.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. August · 623 So. 2d 51 - State v. Roblow

3. “killing of a human being ... when the offender has specific intent to kill or to inflict great bodily harm and is engaged in the perpetration or attempted perpetration of ... armed robbery.”

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