887 So. 2d 840 - Green v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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

1. “[n]otwithstanding the wide latitude afforded attorneys in closing arguments, [t]he standard of review that appellate courts must apply to lawyer misconduct during opening statements or closing arguments is whether the natural and probable effect of the improper argument is to create unjust prejudice against the accused so as to result in a decision influenced by the prejudice so created.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 245 So. 3d 491 - Brent Ryan v. State of Mississippi

2. “[T]he unsupported word of the victim of a sex crime is sufficient to support a guilty verdict where that testimony is not discredited or contradicted by other credible evidence, especially if the conduct of the victim is consistent with the conduct of one who has been victimized by a sex crime.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Steadham v. State

3. “This Court is not at liberty to reverse unless, with respect to one or more of the elements of the charged offense, the evidence considered is such that reasonable and fair-minded jurors could only find the accused not guilty.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 982 So. 2d 995 - Miller v. State