Howard v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

14 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 14 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““If we were to accept appellant’s contention that the court’s ruling on his objection to the witness’s testifying constituí-ed reversible error, the defect complained of could be readily cured on retrial resulting in the needless expenditure of public funds which could better be used to ferrett out those who encourage and thereby border upon becoming accessories to dealing in and using hallucinogenic drugs.’’”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 249 So. 2d 754 - Freimuth v. State

2. “' doctrine which has been developed by judicial decision to avoid reversal in cases where it appears that justice has been served and that in all probability a new trial with the same admissible evidence would not alter the end result.'”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Lavigne v. State

3. “These rules are intended to provide for the first determination of every criminal proceeding. They shall be construed to secure simplicity in procedure and fairness in administration.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 246 So. 2d 771 - Richardson v. State