State v. Jones’s Empirical Analysis

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1 federal appellate · 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 15 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “... duty of the State to disclose a material witness informer's identity on pain of dismissal ...”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 471 So. 2d 639 - Aldazabal v. State · 486 So. 2d 683 - State v. Saldarriaga

2. “"the duty of the State to disclose a material witness informer's identity on pain of dismissal imposed by Roviaro v. United States, 353 U.S. 53 [ 77 S.Ct. 623 , 1 L.Ed.2d 639 ], 1957; Matthews v. State [Fla. 1950], 44 So.2d 664 , and Monserrate v. State [Fla.App. 1970], 232 So.2d 444 , contemplates an "identity" that includes all pertinent information helpful in locating the witnesses. The Court specifically rejects the view that the State has fulfilled its obligation in this regard when it reveals all that it knows, if what it has arranged to know is inadequate for location purposes."”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 471 So. 2d 639 - Aldazabal v. State

3. “knew or should have known that the said witnesses possessed firsthand information material to the charges contained in the Information and would, therefore, be material witnesses for either the State or the defendant.”

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