Woolley v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

6 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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““ ‘An appeal may be taken only by filing with the clerk of the lower court a notice in writing stating that the appellant appeals from a judgment, order, ruling or sentence, as the case may be, and if the appeal be taken by a defendant, by depositing a filing fee in the amount prescribed by law * * * unless the appellant is adjudged insolvent prior to the time of such filing * * [Emphasis added.]””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 220 So. 2d 644 - Thomas v. City of Gainesville

2. ““Since the notices were not filed until April 26, 1966, they are untimely as they were filed more than 90 days from the entry of the judgments and sentences sought to be appealed.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 220 So. 2d 644 - Thomas v. City of Gainesville

3. “It has long been the law in Florida that separate notices of appeal are necessary to review separate judgments,”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 232 So. 2d 394 - Holliman v. State