839 So. 2d 1247 - State v. Johnson’s Empirical Analysis

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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. “[t]he evidence was not sufficient to prove either who possessed the firearm or that it was the defendant, and not the other passengers in the car, that had sufficient dominion and control over the firearm to constitute constructive possession.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 870 So. 2d 995 - State v. Johnson

2. “scoot[ed] across the backseat to get out of the car, [she] took the gun out of [her] purse, and attempted to push it up under the driver's seat.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 870 So. 2d 995 - State v. Johnson

3. “apparent from the guilty verdict that the jury chose not to believe the two witnesses [Eason and Reeder].”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 870 So. 2d 995 - State v. Johnson