913 So. 2d 564 - Floyd v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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38 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 38 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[T]o ensure uniformity in death penalty proceedings, `we make a comprehensive analysis in order to determine whether the crime falls within the category of both the most aggravated and the least mitigated of murders, thereby assuring uniformity in the application of the sentence.'”

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

2. “viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to the State, . . . could find the existence of the elements of the crime beyond a reasonable doubt.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 961 So. 2d 198 - Baugh v. State

3. “only when the error is deemed so prejudicial that it vitiates the entire trial.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 998 So. 2d 516 - Smith v. State