707 So. 2d 412 - Jackson v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

10 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 10 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “an error in the trial court that harmfully affected the judgment or sentence.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Doherty v. State · 751 So. 2d 537 - Goodwin v. State

2. “924.051(7) In a direct appeal or a collateral proceeding, the party challenging the judgment or order of the trial court has the burden of demonstrating that a prejudicial error occurred in the trial court. A conviction or sentence may not be reversed absent an express finding that a prejudicial error occurred in the trial court. [[Image here]] 924.33 When judgment not to be reversed or modified.-No judgment shall be reversed unless the appellate court is of the opinion, after an examination of all the appeal papers, that error was committed that injuriously affected the substantial rights of the appellant. It shall not be presumed that error injuri ously affected the substantial rights of the appellant.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Williams v. State

3. “Read literally and in isolation, the burden imposed by the statute to demonstrate that an error `harmfully affected the judgment or sentence' appears virtually impossible for a defendant to meet.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 751 So. 2d 537 - Goodwin v. State