982 So. 2d 848 - State v. Stevenson’s Empirical Analysis

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2 state decisions

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

1. “In a trial by the judge alone the court shall enter a judgment of acquittal on one or more of the offenses charged, on its own motion or on that of defendant, after the close of the state's evidence or of all the evidence, if the evidence is insufficient to sustain a conviction.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 998 So. 2d 692 - State v. Stevenson

2. “irrespective of whether the defendant or the state formally moved for severance, the circumstances here are tantamount to a severance. . . . Therefore, the trial judge did not err in denying the motion.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 998 So. 2d 692 - State v. Stevenson

3. “[a]s a practical matter, the parties' understanding that trial would proceed on the firearm charge alone had the same procedural and substantive effect as a formal motion to sever.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 998 So. 2d 692 - State v. Stevenson