State v. Hair’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

17 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 17 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “given genuine construction, according to the fair import of their words, taken in their usual sense, in connection with the context, and with reference to the purpose of the provision.”

   10 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 931 So. 2d 432 - State v. Wright · 975 So. 2d 646 - State v. Pearson

2. “vagueness challenges to statues [sic] which do not invoke First Amendment freedoms must be examined in the light of the facts of the case . . . [a] defendant engaged in conduct clearly described in a statute cannot complain of the vagueness of the statute as applied to others . . . [a] defendant [therefore] may not establish that a statute is unconstitutionally vague by speculating about hypothetical conduct which could also be prosecuted under the same statute.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 868 So. 2d 9 - State v. Interiano · 953 So. 2d 91 - State v. Williams

3. “[A] vagueness challenge to a statute must be examined in the light of the facts of the case . . . and as applied to the particular defendant . . . [who] must show at trial that the statute lacks specificity as to his behavior.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 868 So. 2d 9 - State v. Interiano · 953 So. 2d 91 - State v. Williams