Hale v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

6 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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Likely to engage in acts of sexual violence”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 854 So. 2d 709 - Lee v. State · 870 So. 2d 152 - In Re Commitment of Cartwright

2. “requires [not] a specific jury instruction but rather that there must be proof of `serious difficulty in controlling behavior' in order to civilly commit an individual as a sexually violent predator.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 870 So. 2d 168 - In Re Commitment of Allen · 870 So. 2d 152 - In Re Commitment of Cartwright

3. “means a mental condition affecting a person's emotional or volitional capacity which pre-disposes the person to commit sexually violent offenses.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 854 So. 2d 709 - Lee v. State · 891 So. 2d 502 - State v. White