State v. Rice’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

6 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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “The rule as to circumstantial evidence is: assuming every fact to be proved that the evidence tends to prove, in order to convict, it must exclude every reasonable hypothesis of evidence.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 663 So. 2d 301 - State v. Young · 10 So. 3d 895 - State v. Mims

2. “|e(l) When committed in self-defense by one who reasonably believes that he is in imminent danger of losing his life or receiving great bodily harm and that the killing is necessary to save himself from that danger.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 663 So. 2d 301 - State v. Young

3. “(1) When the offender has a specific intent to kill or to inflict great bodily harm.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 663 So. 2d 301 - State v. Young