353 So. 2d 602 - Blanco v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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1 federal appellate · 12 state decisions

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

1. “"Turning now to the first issue raised above, we also conclude the trial judge committed reversible error in not permitting defense counsel to make inquiry with regard to pending charges against this same witness. The law is clear that if a prosecution witness is presently or recently under actual or threatened criminal charges or investigation leading to such charges, the person against whom the witness testifies in a criminal case has an absolute right to bring those circumstances out on cross-examination or otherwise so that the jury will be fully apprised as to the witness' possible motive or self-interest with respect to the testimony he (or she) gives. Morrell v. State, 297 So.2d 579 (Fla. 1st DCA 1974); Stripling v. State, 349 So.2d 187, 191 (Fla. 3d DCA 1977) and cases cited therein." [emphasis supplied]”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Greene v. Wainwright · Cowheard v. State