Burris 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. “(1) "Robbery" means the taking of money or other property ... from the person or custody of another ... when in the course of the taking there is the use of force, violence, assault, or putting in fear. (2)(a) If in the course of committing the robbery the offender carried a firearm or other deadly weapon, then the robbery is a felony of the first degree, punishable by [a maximum sentence of life imprisonment]....”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 876 So. 2d 675 - Dominguez v. State · 887 So. 2d 1046 - BC v. Dept. of Children and Families

2. “[i]n common parlance, automobiles carry people — people do not carry automobiles.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. 876 So. 2d 675 - Dominguez v. State · 887 So. 2d 1046 - BC v. Dept. of Children and Families

3. “the Legislature is free ... to amend the robbery statute to include the use of a deadly weapon, should it choose to do so.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. 875 So. 2d 408 - State v. Burris