783 So. 2d 980 - Rogers v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

49 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 49 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[t]he HAC aggravator applies only in tortuous murders-those that evince extreme and outrageous depravity as exemplified either by a desire to inflict a high degree of pain or utter indifference to or enjoyment of the suffering of another.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 804 So. 2d 1173 - Bowles v. State · 808 So. 2d 110 - Francis v. State

2. “expressly evaluate in its written order each mitigating circumstance proposed by the defendant.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 107 So. 3d 281 - Martin v. State · 857 So. 2d 845 - Spann v. State

3. “In order to provide relief on the ground of newly discovered evidence, the asserted facts must have been: (1) unknown by the trial court, by the party, or by counsel at the time of trial, and it must appear that the defendant or defense counsel could not have known them by the use of diligence; and (2) the newly discovered evidence must be of such a nature that it would probably produce an acquittal on retrial.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Hill v. State · 961 So. 2d 995 - Haywood v. State