596 So. 2d 617 - Witherspoon v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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2 state decisions

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

1. “In a case where there has been only an indirect reference to a defendant's failure to testify, in order for the comment to constitute reversible error there must be a close identification of the defendant as the person who did not become a witness.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 680 So. 2d 879 - Slaton v. State

2. “I submit to you, members of the jury, the only person that knows what was going on in Anthony Witherspoon's head is that man sitting right there”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 686 So. 2d 495 - Ivery v. State