802 So. 2d 276 - State v. Huggins’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

50 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 51 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “burglary of an occupied structure or dwelling.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Eubanks v. State · 842 So. 2d 46 - Reynolds v. State

2. “(3) Burglary is a felony of the second degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084, if, in the course of committing the offense, the offender does not make an assault or battery and is not and does not become armed with a dangerous weapon or explosive, and the offender enters or remains in a: . . . . (c) Structure, and there is another person in the structure at the time the offender enters or remains; or (d) Conveyance, and there is another person in the conveyance at the time the offender enters or remains.”

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

3. “makes no difference, if an armed burglary is involved. If the crime is simply a burglary, then whether or not the dwelling is occupied or unoccupied does matter, because the language of section 775.082(9)(a)1.q., Florida Statutes, in place at the time Eubanks committed his offense, specified as a qualifying crime”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. Eubanks v. State