State v. Labron’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

5 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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “As this court and others have explained: Disclosure of a confidential informant is required if an informant’s identity or content of his communication is relevant and helpful to the defense of an accused or is essential to a fair determination of a cause. The first component necessarily centers around a specific defense asserted by the defendant in the case, as to which the informant’s testimony is material and helpful. See State v. Zamora, 534 So.2d [864,] 868 [ (Fla. 3d DCA 1988)]. The second component concentrates on general due process considerations and is not confined to a defense raised by the defendant.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Joshua v. State · State v. Medina