Cochran v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

5 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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[w]here proof does not support an alibi defense, the instruction should not be granted.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 18 So. 3d 272 - Bennett v. State · 981 So. 2d 1021 - Roper v. State

2. “"Alibi" means elsewhere or in another place. In this case, James Harold Roper is asserting the defense of alibi by saying that he was at his home, at the time of the alleged offense. "Alibi" is a legal and proper defense in law. James Harold Roper is not required to establish the truth of the alibi to your satisfaction, but if the lack of evidence in this case raises in the minds of the jury a reasonable doubt as to whether the defendant was present and committed the crime, then you must give the defendant the benefit of any reasonable doubt and find the defendant not guilty.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 981 So. 2d 1021 - Roper v. State

3. “When determining whether to suppress evidence of a pre-trial identification, the trial court must resolve whether the identification procedure used by law enforcement was unnecessarily suggestive.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 927 So. 2d 768 - Duhart v. State