814 So. 2d 899 - Ward v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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28 state decisions

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

1. “The fact that a photograph is gruesome and ghastly is no reason for excluding it, if relevant, even if the photograph may tend to inflame the jury.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Townes v. State · 246 So. 3d 1032 - Kelley v. State

2. “`[t]here is no Brady violation where the information in question could have been obtained by the defense through its own efforts.'”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Garzarek v. State · Martin v. State

3. ““On April 22, 1997, at 7:28 A.M. ;an operator at the Baldwin County 911 Center received a call from Michelle Milner Ward, who stated that her baby was not breathing. Ten minutes later paramedics .arrived at the Wards’ residence, a 16’ x 7’ travel trailer. After receiving Nicholas Ward’s body from John Michael Ward (hereinafter ‘Ward’) the paramedics attempted resuscitation by intubation while en route to .the South Baldwin Regional Medical Center. The emergency room attending physician, Dr. Robert Revel, examined the infant determining that he was not breathing, had no pulse, was cold to the touch and had rigor mortis. The doctor pronounced the child dead on arrival. In addition to the lack of vital signs, Dr. Revel observed abrasions on Nicholas’s scalp, nose and mouth area, pus-like material in his eyes, blood in the ears, bruises on the neck and chest, stool in the diaper, a deformity on his right arm, and crusty material in some nail beds. “After the examination, Dr. Revel interviewed both parents. The father stated that Nicholas had been struck on the head by a folding chair falling from a shelf and that the baby had had breathing problems later in the day. The mother had wanted to seek medical attention, but ... the father did not think it necessary. “Dr. Harold Reed, a pediatrician, answered the code call in the emergency room. He testified that he also examined the body and found the internal body temperature was 88 degrees. “Because foul play was suspected, hospital ”

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