841 So. 2d 362 - Lynch v. State’s Empirical Analysis
2003
Citation profile
74
cited by 74 later decisions
1
cited 1 times by the Supreme Court
2
states following
September 2018
most recently cited
1 federal appellate · 71 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Ring v. Arizona · 283 So. 2d 1 - State v. Dixon · 615 So. 2d 688 - Spencer v. State · Steinhorst v. State · 760 So. 2d 89 - Maddox v. State
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 74 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(1) the killing must have been the product of cool and calm reflection and not an act prompted by emotional frenzy, panic, or a fit of rage (cold); and (2) the defendant must have had a careful plan or prearranged design to commit murder before the fatal incident (calculated); and (3) the defendant must have exhibited heightened premeditation (premeditated); and (4) there must have been no pretense of moral or legal justification.”
33 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“(1) the crime was committed while defendant was under the influence of a mental or emotional disturbance (moderate weight); (2) the defendant’s capacity to conform his conduct to the requirements of law was impaired (moderate weight); (3) the defendant suffered from a mental illness at the time of the offense (little weight); (4) the defendant was emotionally and physically abused as a child (little weight); (5) the defendant had a history of alcohol abuse (little weight); (6) the defendant had adjusted well to incarceration (little weight); (7) the defendant cooperated with police (moderate weight); (8) the defendant's expression of remorse, the fact that he has been a good father to his children, and his intent to maintain his relationship with his children (little weight).”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence“I want them to have a sense of why it happened, some decent closure, a reason and understanding. ... I want them to know what she did, the pain she caused, that it was not just a random act of violence.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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