Lockwood v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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1 federal appellate · 20 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 21 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “"90.08 Witnesses; conviction of other crimes as disqualification No person shall be disqualified to testify as a witness in any court of this state by reason of conviction of any crime except perjury, but his testimony shall be received in evidence under the rules, as any other testimony; provided, however, evidence of such conviction may be given to affect the credibility of the said witness, and that such conviction may be proved by questioning the proposed witness, or, if he deny it, by producing a record of his conviction. Testimony of the general reputation of said witness may likewise be given in evidence to affect his credibility." (Emphasis supplied).”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Peel v. State · 205 So. 2d 662 - Morton v. State

2. “"Defendant was charged with robbery, and during the trial, on cross-examination of defendant, the following occurred: `Q. Have you ever been convicted of a crime in a Criminal Court of Records? A. Yes. `Q. How many times? A. Once. `Mr. Morton: I object. `Q. (By Mr. Sandstrom) How many times? A. Once. `Q. When was that? `Mr. Morton: I object. It is irrelevant and immaterial. It is an improper question. `The Court: Objection denied.'"”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 217 So. 2d 359 - Smith v. State · 205 So. 2d 662 - Morton v. State

3. “"In Mead v. State, supra, and cases therein cited, we find a rather clear-cut procedure to be followed by the State in cases such as the one we now have before us. When the defendant testifies on his own behalf, he may be asked whether he has ever been convicted of a crime. If he admits such conviction, assuming for the moment there was only one, the matter must stop at that point. If he denies such conviction, the State may, on rebuttal, put the record of the conviction into evidence and show that defendant is the person named in such record. "We emphasized, in the above generalization, that our imaginary defendant had been convicted of only one prior crime. In the present case, defendant had apparently been convicted three times prior to the charge here involved. However, a careful review of Florida decisions, though not revealing a case directly on point, indicates that a prosecutor may, after getting defendant to admit at least one prior conviction, ask how many times defendant has been convicted. Watts v. State, 1948, 160 Fla. 268 , 34 So.2d 429 ; Collins v. State, 1944, 155 Fla. 141 , 19 So.2d 718 ." (Emphasis supplied).”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 205 So. 2d 662 - Morton v. State