672 So. 2d 1085 - State v. Henderson’s Empirical Analysis

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10 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 10 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[N]o absolute rule can be laid down by which to decide with certainty whether the declarant, at the time of making his statement, really expected to die, yet when the wound is from its nature mortal, and when, as a matter of fact, the deceased shortly after making his statement died, the courts have uniformly held that the declarant really believed that death was impending, and his statement has been admitted as a dying declaration.”

   4 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 703 So. 2d 173 - State v. Nicholson · 171 So. 3d 1063 - State v. Bernard

2. “In a trial by the judge alone the court shall enter a judgment of acquittal on one or more of the offenses charged, on its own motion or on that of defendant, after the close of the state's evidence or after all of the evidence, if the evidence is insufficient to sustain a conviction.”

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

3. “the awareness that death approaches may be established by the circumstances under which the statement was made; it is not necessary that the victim express this belief.”

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