767 So. 2d 366 - Dill v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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3 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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “A review of the totality of the circumstances surrounding the victim's death indicates that because of the shotgun wound, the victim's quality of life gradually diminished to the point that the victim, who had a wife and children, was no longer a productive member of society. Counsel may have believed this testimony would have generated more sympathy for the victim.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Dill v. Allen

2. “"Because Dill has not shown that any additional evidence would have changed the trial court's decision at sentencing, we agree with the trial court's ruling that trial counsel did not render ineffective assistance with regard to the investigation and presentation of mitigating evidence during the sentencing phase of Dill's trial."”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 885 So. 2d 191 - McGahee v. State

3. “A person is criminally liable if the result would not have occurred but for his conduct . . . unless [a] concurrent cause was sufficient to produce the result and the conduct of the actor clearly insufficient.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Dill v. Allen