State v. Peterson’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

4 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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “In instructing the jury, the judge stated: As the only judges of the credibility of the witnesses and of the weight their testimony deserves, you should scrutinize carefully, the testimony and the circumstances under which the witnesses testified. In evaluating the testimony of a witness, you may consider ... their manner while testifying, or any reason they may have for testifying for or against the State or Defendant, and the extent to which the testimony is supported or contradicted by other evidence.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 774 So. 2d 1105 - State v. McCullough

2. “When the name of the person injured is substantial and not merely descriptive, such as when the injury is to the person, as in murder, rape, or battery, the indictment shall state the true name of the victim or the name, appellation, or nickname by which he is known.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 864 So. 2d 682 - State v. Evans