814 So. 2d 47 - State v. Howard’s Empirical Analysis

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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. “through allegations in the indictment and the introduction of proof respecting a defendant's past convictions, the jury trying the pending criminal charge was fully informed of such previous derelictions, but was also charged by the court that such matters were not to be taken into account in assessing the defendant's guilt or innocence under the current indictment.”

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

2. “`immediately apparent' requires no more than probable cause to associate the property with criminal activity.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 918 So. 2d 598 - State v. Moreau