590 So. 2d 379 - State v. Edwards’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. “"A motion to dismiss the indictment may be based upon objections to the venire, the lack of legal qualifications of an individual grand juror, the legal insufficiency of the indictment, or the failure of the indictment to charge an offense."”

   4 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 55 So. 3d 377 - State v. Bethel · 8 So. 3d 356 - State v. Robertson

2. “[e]stablishing the corpus delicti requires proof of facts by the state so entwined with the merits of the case that a decision as to whether it had been proved should not be made prior to trial but should be postponed until trial”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Mullins · 911 So. 2d 54 - State v. McClain

3. “"`There is only one thing for me to consider at this point and that is the motion to dismiss and the issue of the corpus delicti. . . . I feel that there must be some definite criminal agency involved or some criminally responsible act to have been performed and the evidence has to substantiate that. . . . The Court is compelled by law to grant the motion to dismiss and the Court does so grant the motion to dismiss.'"”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 911 So. 2d 54 - State v. McClain