840 So. 2d 1135 - Willis v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

12 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 12 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “a not guilty verdict rendered contrary to the law and evidence”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. 946 So. 2d 953 - Sanders v. State · 914 So. 2d 9 - State v. Carswell

2. “A jury pardon ... is essentially "a not guilty verdict rendered contrary to the law and evidence" and is an aberration. It is also contrary to Standard Jury Instruction 2.8, which tells the jury that if it does "return a verdict of guilty, it should be for the highest offense which has been proven beyond a reasonable doubt."”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. 914 So. 2d 9 - State v. Carswell

3. “that the error did not contribute to the verdict obtained. Conversely, however, as explained in Strickland , prejudice may be found in a collateral proceeding in which ineffective assistance of counsel is claimed only upon a showing by the defendant that there is a”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. 855 So. 2d 1157 - Johnson v. State