751 So. 2d 1155 - Brown v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

5 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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “`[T]he trial judge shall not be put in error for his failure to instruct on any point of law unless specifically requested in writing to do so.'”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 904 So. 2d 973 - Anderson v. State · 980 So. 2d 936 - Berry v. State

2. “In determining whether a jury verdict is against the overwhelming weight of the evidence, this Court must accept as true the evidence presented as supportive of the verdict, and we will disturb a jury verdict only when convinced that the circuit court has abused its discretion in failing to grant a new trial or if the final result will result in an unconscionable injustice.”

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

3. “include the opportunity of the witness to view the criminal at the time of the crime, the witness' [sic] degree of attention, the accuracy of the witness' [sic] prior description of the criminal, the level of certainty demonstrated by the witness at the confrontation, and the length of time between the crime and the confrontation.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 781 So. 2d 909 - McDougle v. State