669 So. 2d 19 - McLemore v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

15 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 15 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “A jury selection procedure which gives the defendant `a fair opportunity to ask questions of individual jurors which may enable the defendant to determine his right to challenge that juror' is proper.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 891 So. 2d 188 - Torrey v. State · 806 So. 2d 1031 - Stevens v. State

2. “We have stated before that when evidence of other crimes is admitted for a specific purpose, the judge should in struct the jury to limit their consideration of this evidence for the particular purpose for which it is offered.... In fact we have stated “that a limiting instruction must be given in order to minimize the risk that the jury will infer guilt from the previous conduct.” ... “We clearly indicated that a limiting instruction should have been given sua sponte.””

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

3. “[r]easoning behind this rule is to protect against a jury convicting a defendant just because he has committed other crimes and not because the prosecution has proven that he is guilty of the crime for which he is accused.... The exception to this rule would be where the evidence of the other crimes is admitted to show motive or intent and that these acts may have been done in furtherance of such motive or intent.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 729 So. 2d 203 - Burns v. State