730 So. 2d 817 - McCray v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

12 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 12 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “essential to a fair determination of the cause at issue.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Bailey v. State · State v. Borrego

2. “that the confidential informant apparently knew the defendant, that the confidential informant was present when the crime transpired, that the undercover officer misidentified the defendant as the perpetrator of the crime, that the confidential informant's testimony was essential to the defense of misidentification, and that the defendant was not involved in the sale of cocaine as charged.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 71 So. 3d 234 - Molina v. State · 887 So. 2d 355 - State v. Simmons

3. “determine if the confidential informant's testimony tends to exculpate Mr. McCray on the misidentification issue or varies materially from the testimony of the police officer who identified Mr. McCray at trial.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Miller v. State · 816 So. 2d 1177 - Foster v. State