State v. Lindsey’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

2 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 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “(1) the fact of death; (2) the criminal agency of another person as the cause thereof; and (3) the identity of the deceased person.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 754 So. 2d 132 - MacKerley v. State · 27 So. 3d 211 - Barrow v. State

2. “The facts surrounding the victims' disappearances indicate that such absences without contacting family or friends are out of character for the victims. The fact that both victims' belongings were left at their residences indicates that their absence was neither voluntary nor planned. In addition, the continued absence of the victims along with these other facts indicate a death that resulted from the criminal agency of another.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 754 So. 2d 132 - MacKerley v. State

3. “[t]he term `corpus delicti' does not mean `dead body' but is more properly defined as the body, foundation, or substance of the crime.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 754 So. 2d 132 - MacKerley v. State