907 So. 2d 489 - Green v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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13 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 13 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “served to remind any jurors leaning towards the death penalty based on the perception that [Orme] could be paroled in the near future due to the credit for time served that [Orme] could stay in jail for a longer period of time and that there was no guarantee that he would in fact be paroled.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 25 So. 3d 536 - Orme v. State

2. “The defendant, if sentenced to life without the possibility of parole for 25 years, would be entitled to credit for all jail served [sic] against a life sentence. However, there is no guarantee that the defendant would be granted parole at or after 25 years.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 25 So. 3d 536 - Orme v. State

3. “the murder was motivated, at least in part, by a desire to obtain money, property, or other financial gain.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 25 So. 3d 536 - Orme v. State