McCullen v. State’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. “If it plainly appears from the face of the motion, any annexed exhibits and the prior proceedings in the case that the movant is not entitled to any relief, the judge may make an order for its dismissal and cause the prisoner to be notified.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Harris v. State · 834 So. 2d 721 - Miller v. State

2. “Whether or not a defense under the indictment or information as it originally-stood would be equally available after the amendment is made and whether or not any evidence [the] accused might have would be equally applicable to the indictment or information in the one form as in the other; if the answer is in the affirmative, the amendment is one of form and not of substance.”

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

3. “A circuit court judge sitting without a jury is accorded the same deference with regard to his findings as a chancellor,”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 834 So. 2d 721 - Miller v. State