776 So. 2d 396 - State v. Miller’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

54 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 54 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “an appellate court should accord great deference to the [trial] court's ruling on a challenge for cause, which is necessarily based, in part, on the court's personal observations during questioning.”

   7 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Record · State v. Guidry

2. “While a juror has the discretion to assign whatever weight the juror deems appropriate to any aggravating and mitigating circumstance established by the evidence, the juror must be willing to consider mitigating evidence relevant to the character and propensities of the defendant.... There is a significant difference between a prospective juror’s agreeing to consider mitigating evidence and the juror’s | .^determination of the importance of that evidence.”

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

3. “discourse with defense counsel, he expressly agreed to consider both death and life sentences and to consider any mitigating evidence, as required by law. As to juror Roy, this court upheld the trial court's denial of the challenge for cause on the strength of the trial judge's assessment that Roy had”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 915 So. 2d 291 - State v. Juniors