Hall v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

1 federal appellate · 38 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 39 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a single indictment or information may, under proper circumstances, charge theft and dealing in stolen property in connection with one scheme or course of conduct in separate counts that may be consolidated for trial, but the trier of fact may return a guilty verdict on one or the other, but not both, of the counts.”

   11 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. Barfield v. State · Blackmon v. State

2. ““Because the trial court did not instruct the jury on its obligation ... to ‘determine whether the defendant is a common thief who steals property ... or whether the defendant traffics ... in stolen property,’ the court committed fundamental error. That determination by the jury is the ‘linchpin’ element that must be decided by the trier of fact when both theft and dealing in stolen property are charged.” [c.o.]”

   9 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Barfield v. State · Blackmon v. State

3. “[E]vidence of theft only, with the intent personally to put the stolen item or items to normal use, constitutes only the crime of theft and not the crime of trafficking or dealing in stolen property within the meaning of chapter 812, Florida Statutes, even if the normal use is achieved by some form of transfer, distribution, dispensation, or disposition of the item.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 121 So. 3d 535 - Blackmon v. State · 864 So. 2d 552 - Toson v. State