Williams v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

7 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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “allowed the jury to reject the appellant's theory of self-defense”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 752 So. 2d 19 - Quaggin v. State

2. “ill will, hatred, spite or an evil intent.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 765 So. 2d 917 - Rayl v. State