848 So. 2d 361 - Brown v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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1 federal appellate · 1 district · 9 state decisions

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

1. “[P]ointedly omits any reference to the person's "custody," a term that would have indicated that a snatching might occur from nearby the person. With the sudden snatching offense, the clear import of the statute's words is to require that the property be abruptly and unexpectedly plucked from the embrace of the person, not from that person's figurative biosphere.”

   5 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Thomas v. State · Nichols v. State

2. “(1) “Robbery by sudden snatching” means the taking of money or other property from the victim’s person, with intent to permanently or temporarily deprive the victim or the owner of the money or other property, when, in the course of the taking, the victim was or became aware of the taking.”

   4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. Thomas v. State · Walker v. State

3. “two different statutory provisions deal with the same specific subject or with subjects so connected that the meaning of the one informs the other.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 869 So. 2d 704 - Morris v. Dollar Tree Store