625 So. 2d 915 - Evans v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

10 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 10 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““Although the appellant contends that section 784.07(2)(e) merely enhances the penalty for aggravated assault, the statute actually creates a separate substantive offense consisting of the elements of aggravated assault plus the added elements that the victim was a law enforcement officer engaged in the lawful performance of his duties and that the defendant knew the victim was a law enforcement officer. The substantive offense is therefore only enhanced once under the habitual offender statute, and no double jeopardy violation occurs.””

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Oliveira v. State · 816 So. 2d 680 - Darst v. State

2. “a law enforcement officer engaged in the lawful performance of his duty,”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 626 So. 2d 1082 - Isaac v. State · 667 So. 2d 470 - Thompson v. State

3. “statute simply does not require that the offender have knowledge that the victim was a law enforcement officer.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 667 So. 2d 470 - Thompson v. State