State v. Harvey’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

33 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 33 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “1) the possibility of avoiding the necessity of taking human life by retreat; 2) the excitement and confusion of the occasion; 3) the possibility of preventing the danger to herself by using force less than the killing; and 4) the defendant's knowledge of her assailant's dangerous character.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 762 So. 2d 662 - State v. Carter

2. “may consist of testimony in the form of an opinion or evidence of specific instances of conduct sufficient in number to warrant a finding that the habit existed or that the practice was routine.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 762 So. 2d 662 - State v. Carter

3. “photographs are admissible if they illustrate any fact, shed any light upon an issue in the case, or are relevant to describe the person, thing or place depicted.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 731 So. 2d 936 - State v. Lanham