900 So. 2d 495 - Fitzpatrick v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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1 federal appellate · 104 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 106 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “If, after viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to the State, a rational trier of fact could find the existence of the elements of the crime beyond a reasonable doubt, sufficient evidence exists to sustain a conviction.”

   6 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Sanchez v. State · Jones v. State

2. “[e]xclusion of physical evidence that would inevitably have been discovered adds nothing to either the integrity or fairness of a criminal trial.”

   6 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. ARMANDO RAFAEL PEREZ v. STATE OF FLORIDA · 187 So. 3d 841 - Miguel Rodriguez v. State of Florida

3. “accord a presumption of correctness ... to the trial court's determination of historical facts, but [we] independently review mixed questions of law and fact that ultimately determine constitutional issues.”

   5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. MacKendrick v. State · 939 So. 2d 209 - Sizemore v. State