844 So. 2d 439 - Seeling v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

27 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 28 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “this Court considers all of the evidence in the light most favorable to the State and gives the State the benefit of all favorable inferences that may reasonably be drawn from the evidence.”

   7 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Hudson v. State · Dampeer v. State

2. “In determining whether a jury verdict is against the overwhelming weight of the evidence, this Court must accept as true the evidence which supports the verdict. A new trial is the proper remedy in those instances where the verdict is so contrary to the overwhelming weight of the evidence that to allow it to stand would sanction an unconscionable injustice.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 995 So. 2d 827 - Kazery v. State · 18 So. 3d 884 - Prater v. State

3. “[c]ounsel must make specific objections in order to preserve a question for appellate review. This Court has said many times that general objections will not suffice. Objections to the admissibility of evidence must specifically state the grounds; otherwise, the objection is waived.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Sturkey v. State · 987 So. 2d 1074 - Young v. State