Gonzalez v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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3 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 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “On the motion of either the state or the defendant or on its own motion, the court shall cause the jurors to be asked severally if the verdict rendered is their verdict. If a juror dissents, the court must direct that the jury be sent back for further consideration. If there is no dissent the verdict shall be entered of record and the jurors discharged.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 632 So. 2d 1080 - Brutton v. State

2. “polling of the rest of the jurors could be perceived as attempted coercion”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 632 So. 2d 1080 - Brutton v. State

3. “[w]ell [that is what I wanted to do] for one of them.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 632 So. 2d 1080 - Brutton v. State