Hart v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

25 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 25 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “`the defense attorney inquires into a subject on cross-examination of the State's witness, the prosecutor on rebuttal is unquestionably entitled to elaborate on the matter.'”

   4 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Havard v. State · Sheppard v. State

2. “[I]t is argued that there was no testimony that the drug involved was a controlled substance, and that, therefore, appellant's motion for a directed verdict at the conclusion of the state's case in chief should have been sustained . . . . We, however, find no merit in the contention. At the date of the alleged crime ... Diazepam was a controlled substance. Proof that the sale and delivery was of diazepam sufficiently showed a sale and delivery of a controlled substance.”

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

3. “True no confession exists in this case but the prosecution is not wholly without eyewitnesses to the gravamen of the offense charged. Testimony of the officers concerning bales of marijuana found in the automobile is direct evidence of the offense. Therefore, it was not necessary that a circumstantial evidence instruction be granted as to this element.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 724 So. 2d 482 - Parker v. State