Miller v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

1 federal appellate · 34 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 35 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[T]his Court has `rejected the claim that the death penalty system is unconstitutional as being arbitrary and capricious because it fails to limit the class of persons eligible for the death penalty.'”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. & SC16-224 Enoch D. Hall v. State of Florida & Enoch D. Hall v. Julie L. Jones, etc. · 967 So. 2d 735 - Williams v. State

2. “this Court has repeatedly rejected claims that the standard jury instruction impermissibly shifts the burden to the defense to prove that death is not the appropriate sentence.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 971 So. 2d 85 - Grim v. State · 998 So. 2d 573 - Jones v. State

3. “[c]laims challenging the constitutionality of Florida's capital sentencing procedures [to] be raised at trial and on direct appeal.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 971 So. 2d 85 - Grim v. State · 998 So. 2d 573 - Jones v. State