784 So. 2d 396 - Kight v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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13 state decisions

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

1. “[I]n instances where the codefendant's lesser sentence was the result of a plea agreement or prosecutorial discretion, this Court has rejected claims of disparate sentencing.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 965 So. 2d 1200 - Bucknor v. State · 940 So. 2d 389 - England v. State

2. “[N]ewly discovered evidence must be of such nature that it would probably produce an acquittal on retrial. The same standard would be applicable if the issue were whether a life or a death sentence should have been imposed.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 841 So. 2d 431 - Lightbourne v. State