Turner v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

15 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 15 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “the defendant or the defendant's witnesses are the only eyewitnesses to the homicide, their version, if reasonable, must be accepted as true, unless substantially contradicted in material particulars by a credible witness or witnesses for the state, or by the physical facts or by the facts of common knowledge.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Gray v. State · 877 So. 2d 1254 - Lynch v. State

2. “is only applicable where the defendant's version is reasonable, unopposed by other testimony, and is uncontradicted by the physical evidence.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Gray v. State · 877 So. 2d 1254 - Lynch v. State

3. “not lawful: contrary to or prohibited by law: not authorized or justified by law: not permitted or warranted by law.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 812 So. 2d 934 - Bishop v. State · 816 So. 2d 436 - Johnson v. State