854 So. 2d 709 - Lee v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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1 district · 21 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 22 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “MAY AN INDIVIDUAL BE COMMITTED UNDER THE JIMMY RYCE ACT IN THE ABSENCE OF A JURY INSTRUCTION THAT THE STATE MUST PROVE THAT THE INDIVIDUAL HAS SERIOUS DIFFICULTY IN CONTROLLING HIS OR HER DANGEROUS BEHAVIOR?”

   7 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Freeze v. State · Warren v. State

2. “the trial court did not err by allowing the test results to be presented to the jury as part of the expert's testimony.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 884 So. 2d 1112 - In Re Commitment of Burton · 898 So. 2d 1164 - Ortega-Mantilla v. State

3. “`Sexually violent predator' means any person who ... suffers from a mental abnormality or personality disorder that makes the person likely to engage in acts of sexual violence if not confined in a secure facility for long-term control, care, and treatment.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 882 So. 2d 1082 - Williams v. State