State v. Every’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

16 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 16 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “If it appears that a defendant or the state is prejudiced by a joinder of offenses in an indictment or bill of information or by such joinder for trial together, the court may order separate trials, grant a severance of offenses, or provide whatever other relief justice requires.”

   4 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Harris · State v. Roca

2. “strict identity of physical characteristics among the persons depicted in the photographic array is not required; all that is required is a sufficient resemblance... in articulable features of the pictures such as height, weight, build, hair color, length and texture, facial hair, skin color and complexion; and the shape and size of the nose, eyes, lips, etc.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 794 So. 2d 1 - State v. Dyer

3. “are of the same or similar character or are based on the same act or transaction or on two or more acts or transactions connected together or constituting parts of a common scheme or plan”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 864 So. 2d 204 - State v. Welch