608 So. 2d 771 - Washington v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

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

1. “"A person acts recklessly with respect to a result or to a circumstance described by a statute defining an offense when he is aware of and consciously disregards a substantial and unjustifiable risk that the result will occur or that the circumstance exists. The risk must be of such nature and degree that disregard thereof constitutes a gross deviation from the standard of conduct that a reasonable person would observe in the situation."”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 709 So. 2d 1310 - State v. Grantland

2. “A person commits the crime of manslaughter if he recklessly causes the death of another.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 709 So. 2d 1310 - State v. Grantland

3. “"(1) He recklessly causes the death of another person. . . ."”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 709 So. 2d 1310 - State v. Grantland