Lambert v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

7 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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “The principal reason that an oath is required is to discourage a movant from making false statements, by subjecting him to possible prosecution for perjury.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 641 So. 2d 172 - Schofield v. State

2. “requires that a motion filed pursuant to it be under oath.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Van Aernam v. State