648 So. 2d 85 - Jackson v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

1 federal appellate · 156 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 159 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[T]he jury must first determine that the killing was the product of cool and calm reflection and not an act prompted by emotional frenzy, panic, or a fit of rage (cold); and that the defendant had a careful plan or prearranged design to commit murder before the fatal incident (calculated); and that the defendant exhibited heightened premeditation (premeditated); and that the defendant had no pretense of moral or legal justification.”

   35 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Walker v. State · 37 So. 3d 212 - Turner v. State

2. “[a] defendant can be emotionally and mentally disturbed or suffer from a mental illness but still have the ability to experience cool and calm reflection, make a careful plan or prearranged design to commit murder, and exhibit heightened premeditation.”

   10 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Lawrence v. State · Pearce v. State

3. “[c]laims that the instruction on the cold, calculated, and premeditated aggravator is unconstitutionally vague are procedurally barred unless a specific objection is made at trial and pursued on appeal.”

   8 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 659 So. 2d 242 - Gamble v. State · 885 So. 2d 245 - Pietri v. State