182 So. 2d 653 - Coffee v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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1 federal appellate · 2 state decisions

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1. “There inevitably comes a time when even the wheels of the gods must definitely come to a halt, despite the inclination of some of the gods to continue, their devinations ad infinitum ad nauseam. Even those who look down from Olympus are circumscribed by the fact that — no fooling! — there is a point in the affairs of state, whether dealing with the legislative, executive or judicial branch, where the beast of burden, the law-abiding taxpayer, becomes entitled to some respite from the inordinate expense of repeated and unfounded assaults upon the finalized acts' of the society under which we exist. In this process the scales of justice must come to balance between the extremes of “eye for an eye” justice and “turn the other cheek” justice so as to reach “ordinary” justice. Even baseball has a three-strikes-and-out rule.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Brent v. White