Evans v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

21 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 21 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[T]he incorrect citation of a statute number does not alone render an indictment defective, but rather is `mere surplusage' and not prejudicial to a defendant.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 958 So. 2d 241 - White v. State · 944 So. 2d 103 - Brown v. State

2. “a concise and clear statement of the elements of the crime”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 934 So. 2d 1039 - Brown v. State · 944 So. 2d 103 - Brown v. State

3. “[t]he crime of statutory rape is committed when: . . . (b) [a] person of any age has sexual intercourse with a child who: (i) [i]s under the age of fourteen (14) years; (ii) [i]s twenty-four (24) or more months younger than the person; and (iii) [i]s not the person's spouse.”

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