Philmore v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

2 federal appellate · 1 district · 25 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 30 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “The test for admissibility of photographic evidence is relevancy rather than necessity.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. John William Campbell v. State of Florida & SC18-260 John William Campbell v. Julie L. Jones, etc. · 878 So. 2d 1246 - Douglas v. State

2. “Because death is a unique punishment, it is necessary in each case to engage in a thoughtful, deliberate proportionality review to consider the totality of circumstances in a case, and to compare it with other capital cases. It is not a comparison between the number of aggravating and mitigating circumstances.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 872 So. 2d 226 - Stewart v. State · 983 So. 2d 505 - Bevel v. State

3. “During the guilt phase [of a trial], this Court has `upheld the admission of photographs to explain a medical examiner's testimony, to show the manner of death, the location of wounds, and the identity of the victim.'”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Griffin v. State · 863 So. 2d 169 - Anderson v. State