State v. Bazile’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. “We hold a criminal defendant's waiver of his right to trial by jury is knowing and intelligent when he demonstrates his understanding that he will proceed to trial before a judge upon that waiver.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 156 So. 3d 800 - State v. Whitley · 261 So. 3d 813 - State v. Dubroc

2. “Additionally, Defendant has experience in the judicial system, having previously been convicted of simple robbery on May 17, 2013. Likewise, weeks after Defendant waived his right to a jury trial, he proceeded to a bench trial with no objection. Finally, appellate counsel points to nothing in the record to indicate that Defendant had any difficulty understanding his waiver of jury trial. For the foregoing reasons, we find that this assignment of error lacks merit. ASSIGNMENT OF ERROR NUMBER THREE : In this assignment of error, Defendant contends the trial court committed”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 261 So. 3d 813 - State v. Dubroc · 261 So. 3d 832 - State v. Dubroc

3. “[A] criminal defendant's jury waiver is deemed knowing and intelligent when he understands 'that the choice confronting him is, on the one hand, to be judged by a group of people from the community, and on the other hand, to have his guilt or innocence determined by a judge.'”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 261 So. 3d 813 - State v. Dubroc · 241 So. 3d 528 - State v. Brignac