775 So. 2d 1022 - State v. Casey’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

338 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 340 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “shall be confined to evidence admitted, to the lack of evidence, to conclusions of fact that the state or defendant may draw therefrom, and to the law applicable to the case. The argument shall not appeal to prejudice. The state's rebuttal shall be confined to answering the argument of the defendant.”

   27 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. State v. Riley · State v. Camper

2. “exists when the facts and circumstances within the affiant's knowledge and of which he has reasonably trustworthy information, are sufficient to support a reasonable belief that an offense has been committed and that evidence or contraband may be found at the place to be searched.”

   10 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Williams · 840 So. 2d 631 - State v. Robertson

3. “Erroneous admission of evidence requires reversal only where there is a reasonable possibility that the evidence might have contributed to the verdict.”

   4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. State v. Roth · 987 So. 2d 257 - State v. Imbraguglio