782 So. 2d 1045 - State v. Hampton’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

8 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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “assuming every fact to be proved that the evidence tends to prove, in order to convict, it must exclude every reasonable hypothesis of innocence.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 887 So. 2d 565 - State v. Kibbe · 839 So. 2d 286 - State v. Green

2. “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.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 839 So. 2d 286 - State v. Green

3. “that state of mind which exists when the circumstances indicated that the offender actively desired the prescribed criminal consequences to follow his act or failure to act.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 839 So. 2d 286 - State v. Green