690 So. 2d 568 - Jones v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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11 state decisions

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

1. “[T]here is no reasonable hypothesis other than that Jones murdered Monique Stow and attempted to murder Ezra Stow in order to obtain ownership of the car and to resolve the problem over the dishonored check. The fact that the car papers were missing from Ezra Stow's desk after the murder and attempted murder support this finding as does the fact that after committing the crimes Jones disposed of the car papers and the gun and hid the car.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Jones v. State · 774 So. 2d 649 - Beasley v. State

2. “(1) a previous conviction for a violent felony based on the contemporaneous conviction for attempted first-degree murder of Ezra Stow; (2) that the murder of Monique Stow was committed in a cold, calculated, and premeditated manner; and (3) that the murder of Monique Stow was committed for pecuniary gain.”

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

3. “the murder was motivated, at least in part, by a desire to obtain money, property or other financial gain.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 774 So. 2d 649 - Beasley v. State