Knowles 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. “[W]herever 404(b) evidence is offered and there is an objection which is overruled, the objection shall be deemed an invocation of the right to MRE 403 balancing analysis and a limiting instruction. The court shall conduct an MRE analysis and, if the evidence passes that hurdle, give a limiting instruction unless the party objecting to the evidence objects to giving the limiting instruction.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 735 So. 2d 208 - Robinson v. State · 803 So. 2d 1229 - Triggs v. State

2. “[a]n ex post facto law is one which creates a new offense or changes the punishment, to the detriment of the accused, after the commission of the crime.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 950 So. 2d 990 - Garrison v. State · 922 So. 2d 847 - Ross v. Epps

3. “to assure that legislative acts `give fair warning of their effect and permit individuals to rely on their meaning until explicitly changed' and to restrict `governmental power by restraining arbitrary and potentially vindictive legislation.'”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 950 So. 2d 990 - Garrison v. State