599 So. 2d 1230 - Hays v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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1 federal appellate · 4 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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “"In order to grant a motion for a new trial alleging perjured testimony, the trial court must be reasonably well satisfied 1) that testimony given by a witness at trial was false; 2) that there is a significant chance that had the jury heard the truth, it would have reached a different result; and 3) that the movant is not relying on evidence of which he was aware at trial and which he consciously decided not to use to challenge the testimony of the perjured witness."”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. McMillian v. State · 666 So. 2d 91 - Brownlee v. State

2. “`[a] judgment of acquittal "is not required because the government's case includes testimony by `an array of scoundrels, liars and brigands'”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 651 So. 2d 1087 - JMV v. State

3. “[p]remeditation and deliberation may be formed while the killer is pressing the trigger that fired the fatal shot.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. Hays v. State of Alabama