652 So. 2d 473 - State v. Mitchell’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

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. “When a part of a statute is declared unconstitutional the remainder of the act will be permitted to stand provided: (1) the unconstitutional provisions can be separated from the remaining valid provisions, (2) the legislative purposes expressed in the valid provisions can be accomplished independently of those which are void, (3) the good and bad features are not so inseparable in substance that it can be said that the Legislature would have passed the one without the other and (4) an act complete in itself remains after the invalid provisions are stricken.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. L.B. v. State · 681 So. 2d 1179 - LB v. State

2. “define the criminal offense with sufficient definiteness that ordinary people can understand what conduct is prohibited and in a manner that does not encourage arbitrary and discriminatory enforcement.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 681 So. 2d 1179 - LB v. State

3. “a law is void on its face if it is so vague that persons of common intelligence must necessarily guess at its meaning and differ as to its application.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 681 So. 2d 1179 - LB v. State