676 So. 2d 1013 - Formor v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

12 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 12 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[t]he limited movement and confinement of the victims within the bathrooms was minimal, insignificant and merely incidental to the crime of robbery.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 785 So. 2d 623 - Smith v. State · 705 So. 2d 572 - Griffin v. State

2. “slight, inconsequential, and merely incidental”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Elozar v. State · 939 So. 2d 1095 - Gray v. State

3. “Two black men wearing ski masks, and carrying either one or two sawed-off shotguns, entered a total of three unlocked guest rooms at the Ramada Inn and the Quality Inn. They ordered the victims at gunpoint to get on the floor or be killed. After robbing the victims, the men ordered them into the bathroom of each motel room, and told them not to come out or they might be killed. The victims stayed in the bathrooms while the robbers went through their luggage and valuables.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 785 So. 2d 623 - Smith v. State