621 So. 2d 1368 - Farr v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

1 federal appellate · 23 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 24 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “anywhere in the record, to the extent it is believable and uncontroverted.”

   10 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Robinson v. State · 691 So. 2d 1068 - Lawrence v. State

2. “[T]he trial judge must carefully analyze all the possible statutory and nonstatutory mitigating factors against the established aggravators to ensure that death is appropriate.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. 900 So. 2d 495 - Fitzpatrick v. State · 841 So. 2d 455 - Grim v. State

3. “In December 1990, Farr attempted to kidnap and then shot and wounded [Cindy Thomas and Patsy Lynch] outside a Lake City bar. He attempted to escape by forcibly taking a car in which [Chris Todd and Shirley Bryant] were sitting. [Todd] fled, but Farr managed to crank the car and escape with [Bryant] still inside. When he was pursued by officers later, Farr deliberately accelerated the car into a tree, hoping to kill himself and his hostage. [Bryant] was severely injured in the crash and died of her injuries soon thereafter. Farr was only slightly injured. After indictment, Farr entered into an agreement with the State in which he pled guilty to all twelve counts of the indictment. 1 As part of the agreement, Farr requested that the state attorney ask for the death penalty. He explained that he wanted to die. After determining that Farr was capable of knowingly and voluntarily entering the plea and that he understood its consequences, the trial court accepted the guilty plea. Farr then knowingly and voluntarily waived his right to a penalty phase jury, and the cause proceeded to sentencing. At the time of sentencing the record contained a psychiatric report and pre-sentence investigation report containing information about Farr’s troubled childhood, numerous suicide attempts, the murder of his mother, psychological disorders resulting in hospitalization, sexual abuse suffered as. a child, and his chronic alcoholism and drug abuse, among other matters. In imposing the death pena”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Farr v. State