769 So. 2d 1242 - State v. Brooks’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

14 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 14 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “All persons concerned in the commission of a crime, whether present or absent, and whether they directly commit the act constituting the offense, aid and abet in its commission, or directly or indirectly counsel or procure another to commit the crime, are principals. This rule has important qualifications. Only those persons who knowingly participate in the planning or execution of a crime are principals. Mere presence at the scene is not enough to “concern” an individual in the crime. All persons “concerned” in the commission of an offense, either directly or indirectly, are principals in the crime, |Band culpable according to the mental state they possess at the time of the offense.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 140 So. 3d 911 - State ex rel. T.H.

2. “1. The “misappropriation or taking of anything of value which belongs to another,” 2. Either “without the consent of the other ... or by means of fraudulent conduct,” 3. With “intent to deprive the other permanently” of the object of the taking or misappropriation.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 140 So. 3d 911 - State ex rel. T.H.

3. “[a] motion for a new trial must be filed and disposed of before sentence.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 981 So. 2d 867 - State v. Robinson