999 So. 2d 992 - Ex Parte State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

16 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 16 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “No defendant can be found guilty of a capital offense unless he had an intent to kill.”

   6 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Townes v. State · Washington v. State

2. ““ ‘When the same conduct of a defendant may establish the commission of more than one offense, the defendant may be prosecuted for each such offense. He may not, however, be convicted of more than one offense if: “ ‘(1) One offense is included in the other, as defined in section 13A-1-9 “Section 13A-l-9(a)(l), provides: “ ‘A defendant may be convicted of an offense included in an offense charged. An offense is an included one if: “ ‘(1) It is established by proof of the same or fewer than all the facts required to establish the commission of the offense charged .... ’ “In other words, § 13A-l-8(b) does not bar multiple convictions when a single criminal act results in multiple offenses, except, for example, under § 13A-1-9, where one offense is a lesser-included offense of the other.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. State v. Haynes

3. ““[A] person commits the crime of murder if he or she ... commits or attempts to commit ... any ... felony clearly dangerous to human life and, in the course of and in furtherance of the crime that he or she is committing or attempting to commit, or in immediate flight therefrom, he or she, or another participant if there be any, causes the death of any person.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. Washington v. State