Larry Joe Johnson v. Richard L. Dugger, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

6 federal appellate · 4 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 19 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “The central issue with respect to actual prejudice is whether the actions of the sheriff through his responsibilities as bailiff have undermined the impartiality of the jury.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Bass v. State · Gregory Agnew v. Blair J. Leibach

2. “[t]he Florida sentencing scheme as applied in Johnson's case 'genuinely narrows the class of persons eligible for the death penalty.' The sentencing court's individualized 'consideration of mitigating circumstances and ... exercise of discretion' were sufficient to satisfy the requirements of the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Johnson v. Singletary

3. “has made no showing of `actual prejudice' sufficient to overcome the procedural bar. [Cit.]”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Bass v. State