Fryer v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

21 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 21 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “to deny the obvious purpose of the statute.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Wilson v. State · In Re MP

2. “(h) On a determination by the judge that alcohol or drug abuse may have contributed to the commission of the offense, ... the judge shall direct a supervision officer ... to conduct an evaluation to determine the appropriateness of, and a course of conduct necessary for, alcohol or drug rehabilitation for a defendant and to report that evaluation to the judge. The evaluation shall be made: ... (2) after conviction and before sentencing, if the judge assesses punishment in the case.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Emerson Handy v. State

3. “We begin, as usual, with the language of the relevant statute. Under our approach to statutory interpretation, we look solely to the literal text of the statute for its meaning unless the text is ambiguous or application of the statute’s plain language would lead to an absurd result that the legislature could not possibly have intended.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Lebo v. State