813 So. 2d 724 - Evans v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

10 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 10 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “"It is well settled in this [S]tate [ ... ] that a change in the indictment is permissible if it does not materially alter facts which are the essence of the offense on the face of the indictment as it originally stood or materially alter a defense to the indictment as it originally stood so as to prejudice the defendant's case."”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 891 So. 2d 179 - Montgomery v. State · 935 So. 2d 945 - Wilson v. State

2. “It is fundamental that courts may amend indictments only to correct defects of form, however, defects of substance must be corrected by the grand jury.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 891 So. 2d 179 - Montgomery v. State · 935 So. 2d 945 - Wilson v. State

3. “make its own independent review of the record.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 834 So. 2d 36 - Brewer v. State · 847 So. 2d 825 - Townsend v. State