606 So. 2d 187 - Ashley v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

19 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 19 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “appellant failed to establish a prima facie case under Batson and Ex parte Branch . . . because the appellant failed to show any evidence of discrimination other than the number of blacks struck”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 677 So. 2d 828 - Moore v. State · 649 So. 2d 1304 - Kidd v. State

2. “[a] decision on a motion for a new trial rests largely within the discretion of the trial court, and [that] in reviewing such a decision this court will indulge every presumption in favor of the correctness thereof.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 630 So. 2d 147 - Sistrunk v. State

3. “in order to find out whether a knife existed”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 630 So. 2d 147 - Sistrunk v. State