McNair v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

4 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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “In order to be relevant in a claim of self-defense, the victim's nature as a potential aggressor must not only be demonstrated, but it must also be shown that the defendant was aware of that nature, since only that combination of facts affects the reasonableness of the defendant's alleged fear of harm at the victim's hands — which is a relevant source of inquiry by the jury in assessing a claim of self-defense.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 911 So. 2d 614 - Huggins v. State

2. “(a) that the State possessed evidence favorable to the defendant which the defendant did not have "nor could he obtain it himself with any reasonable diligence," (b) that the State somehow suppressed the information, and (c) that, had it been disclosed, a different outcome to the case was at least a reasonable possibility.”

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

3. “Demonstrating that the victim of an alleged assault was a violent person such that the defendant would have good cause to defend himself is . . . covered by Rule 404(a)(2).”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 911 So. 2d 614 - Huggins v. State