921 So. 2d 292 - Spicer v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

108 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 110 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “It must be clear beyond a reasonable doubt, that absent the prosecutor's comments, the jury could have found the defendant guilty.”

   8 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Moss v. State · McCoy v. State

2. “The Court does not single out any instruction or take instructions out of context; rather, the instructions are to be read together as a whole. A defendant is entitled to have jury instructions given which present his theory of the case. This entitlement is limited, however, in that the Court is allowed to refuse an instruction which incorrectly states the law, is covered fairly elsewhere in the instructions, or is without foundation in the evidence.”

   7 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Booker v. State · McCune v. State

3. “Failure to make a contemporaneous objection waives an issue for purposes of appeal.”

   5 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Jones v. State · 997 So. 2d 241 - Edwards v. State