705 So. 2d 552 - Siler v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

13 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 13 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Failure to object to the trial court's instruction to the jury before the jury retires to deliberate waives any alleged error for review.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 771 So. 2d 1123 - Strickland v. State · 825 So. 2d 876 - Fortner v. State

2. “"`"When reviewing the propriety of a trial court's jury charge, this Court must consider the charge as a whole, in its totality, without isolating statements, which individually may appear prejudicial, from the context in which they were made." . . . As long as combined directions in original and supplemental charges accurately present the controversial point of law, ordinarily no reviewable error exists.'"”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 736 So. 2d 664 - MacK v. State

3. “Testimony going to show motive, though motive is not an element of the burden of proof resting on the state, is always admissible.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 849 So. 2d 223 - Baird v. State