Acevedo v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

5 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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “the evidence must be found to be credible; the facts to which the witnesses testify must be distinctly remembered; the testimony must be precise and explicit and the witnesses must be lacking in confusion as to the facts in issue. The evidence must be of such weight that it produces in the mind of the trier of fact afirin belief or conviction, without hesitancy, as to the truth of the allegations sought to be established.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 55 So. 3d 543 - Durousseau v. State

2. “there must be proof of a connection between the defendant and the collateral occurrences. In this respect mere suspicion is insufficient. The proof should be clear and convincing.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 895 So. 2d 1213 - Henrion v. State