866 So. 2d 1107 - Davis v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

51 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 51 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “The question of whether an indictment is fatally defective is an issue of law and deserves a relatively broad standard of review by an appellate court.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Sammie Henry Pettis v. State of Mississippi · 972 So. 2d 24 - Leonard v. State

2. “An indictment for any offense shall not be insufficient for omitting to state the time at which the offense was committed in any case where time is not of the essence of the offense, nor for stating the time imperfectly, nor for stating the offense to have been committed on a day subsequent to the finding of the indictment, or on an impossible day, or on a day that never happened, nor for the want of a proper or perfect venue.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 972 So. 2d 24 - Leonard v. State

3. “A person is guilty of aggravated assault if he (a) attempts to cause serious bodily injury to another, or causes such injury purposely, knowingly or recklessly under circumstances manifesting extreme indifference to the value of human life; or (b) attempts to cause or purposely or knowingly causes bodily injury to another with a deadly weapon or other means likely to produce death or serious bodily harm....”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 72 So. 3d 527 - Philpot v. State