Thompson v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

7 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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Although hearsay evidence is admissible at the revocation hearing, the defendant's probation or community control cannot be revoked solely on the basis of hearsay. Knight v. State, 801 So.2d 160 (Fla. 2d DCA 2001).”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 926 So. 2d 413 - Stewart v. State

2. “the hearsay testimony of the probation supervisor about what appellant's employer had said in a telephone conversation.”

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

3. “The State bears the burden of proving a willful and substantial violation of supervision”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 926 So. 2d 413 - Stewart v. State