State v. Ashford’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

8 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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “On July 3, 2003 at approximately 9: 15 p.m., Quiana Henderson and Rachell Collins left Ms. Henderson’s home at 3301 LaSalle Street. As Ms. Henderson was locking the gate, Ms. Collins saw two people walking on the street. The first one passed by them and made some type of joke. The second man, whom she later identified as the defendant, was on the opposite side of the street and made eye contact with her. Then, Ms. Henderson walked around the house to put garbage into the dumpster in the parking lot, while Ms. Collins opened the trunk of her vehicle to retrieve a CD player which Ms. Henderson had asked her to get. Suddenly, Ms. Collins heard someone say, “Bitch, give me your purse.” She realized that the man speaking to her was the same one who had been walking on the opposite side of the street. At first, she told him he must be kidding and to go about his business, but then she saw that he had a weapon. Believing she was about to die, she 13gave the defendant her purse and keys. She then laid on the ground at his direction. Quiana Henderson returned from dumping the trash and saw her friend on the ground, but could not see anyone else because the trunk lid was raised. She heard a man saying, “Bitch, give me your purse and your keys, and get on the ground.” She did not do anything at first because of her shock. The defendant then came out from behind the trunk, and she complied with his orders after he threatened to blow her brains out. As both victims were on the ground, the”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 913 So. 2d 160 - State v. Ashford

2. “Nevertheless, Officer Mejia testified at trial that he personally did not seize these items, but he did identify them in court as the items that he saw on the scene. He also identified photographs of the scene that depict the hat and the gun. Officer Mejia further testified that he initially took "custody" of the hat and gun and turned them over to the officers who were investigating the incident as they were in charge of documenting the evidence. Thus, it does not appear that the trial court abused its discretion in determining that a sufficient basis for introduction of the evidence existed.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 981 So. 2d 881 - State v. McGinnis