600 So. 2d 440 - Landreth v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

28 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 28 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “'whether the suspect was questioned in familiar or neutral surroundings, the number of law enforcement officers present at the scene, the degree of physical restraint of the suspect, the duration and character of the questioning, how the suspect got to the place of questioning, the language used to summon the suspect, the extent to which the suspect is confronted with evidence of guilt, and the degree of pressure applied to detain the suspect.'”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 655 So. 2d 1074 - Smiley v. State · 673 So. 2d 796 - Johnson v. State

2. “A general objection that does not specify grounds preserves nothing for review.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 630 So. 2d 486 - Capps v. State · 656 So. 2d 416 - Marty v. State

3. ““In order to establish that a new trial is warranted based on newly discovered evidence, the appellant must demonstrate: “ ‘(1) that the evidence will probably change the result if a new trial is granted; (2) that the evidence has been discovered since the trial; (3) that the evidence could not have been discovered before the trial by the exercise of due diligence; (4) that it is material to the issue [of the appellant’s guilt]; and (5) that it is not merely cumulative or impeaching.’ ””

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