Morrison v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

1 federal appellate · 74 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 76 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[A] trial court does not err in failing to conduct a Nelson inquiry where the defendant merely expresses dissatisfaction with his attorney.... A lack of communication is not a ground for an incompetency claim.”

   8 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. CHRISTOPHER DELANE DANIELS v. STATE OF FLORIDA · Mansfield v. State

2. “be formed in a moment and need only exist `for such a time as will allow the accused to be conscious of the nature of the act he is about to commit and the probable result of that act.'”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 226 So. 3d 795 - Dennis T. Glover v. State of Florida · 882 So. 2d 943 - Hutchinson v. State

3. “unless the evidence is such that no view which the jury may lawfully take of it favorable to the opposite party can be sustained under the law.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 900 So. 2d 495 - Fitzpatrick v. State · 971 So. 2d 846 - Berdecia v. State