Williams v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

18 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 19 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Hearsay evidence may be used to determine the amount of restitution if there is no objection to the evidence. However, as [defendant] argues and the State concedes, [defendant] made a proper objection to the evidence which should have been sustained.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 970 So. 2d 919 - Butler v. State

2. “by presenting testimony of a witness with knowledge of the amount of damage and repairs, or by presenting uncontested documentary evidence.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 899 So. 2d 1212 - Bonner v. State