Smothers v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

7 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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “The proper *Page 879 function of the jury is to decide the outcome in this type of case, and the trial court should not substitute its own view of the evidence for that of the jury's.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 825 So. 2d 70 - Brown v. State · 847 So. 2d 871 - Aguilar v. State

2. “[a] cautionary instruction about accomplice testimony is not required unless there is a reasonable inference that the witness is an accomplice.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 960 So. 2d 583 - Bailey v. State · 815 So. 2d 1122 - Slaughter v. State

3. “a person assisting one who has completed the commission of a felony to avoid being apprehended, arrested, convicted, etc.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 815 So. 2d 1122 - Slaughter v. State