829 So. 2d 650 - State v. Simpson’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

5 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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “A defendant is entrapped when he is induced or persuaded by law enforcement officers or their agents to commit a crime that he had no previous intent to commit. Entrapment is shown when it appears that an officer or his agent instigated the defendant to commit an offense which the defendant otherwise would not have committed and had no intention of committing. It is not entrapment if the defendant already had the reckless criminal intent and the officer or his agent merely furnished the defendant with the opportunity to commit the offense. The fact that an opportunity is furnished or that the defendant is aided in the commission of a crime which he was predisposed to commit or originated in his own mind is no defense.”

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