653 So. 2d 459 - State v. Delgrasso’s Empirical Analysis

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4 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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “A legislative enactment will not be declared vague unless the statute fails to give persons of ordinary intelligence fair notice of what constitutes the forbidden conduct and which, because of imprecision, may invite arbitrary and discriminatory enforcement. Papachristou v. City of Jacksonville, 405 U.S. 156 , 92 S.Ct. 839 , 31 L.Ed.2d 110 (1972); Southeastern Fisheries Ass’n, Inc. v. Dep’t of Natural Resources, 453 So.2d 1351 (Fla.1984). If the language of the statute, when measured by common understanding and practice, con-' veys a sufficiently definite warning of what conduct is proscribed it should not be found unconstitutionally vague. Brown v. State, 629 So.2d 841 (Fla.1994).”

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

2. “when measured by common usage and understanding to convey to persons of ordinary intelligence who is included in its term”

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

3. “it should be given its plain and ordinary meaning.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 712 So. 2d 781 - Bryant v. State