Waddy v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1978
Citation profile
8 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 8 later decisions — most recently June 1994
8 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on 110 So. 2d 654 - Williams v. State · 189 So. 2d 890 - Duggan v. State · Grimes v. State
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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The mother of the child abused was granted immunity in this case, as well as the Washington County case, in exchange for her testimony against Waddy. She testified that Waddy committed the batteries upon her child on 2 May and then was permitted to relate numerous other batteries which occurred both before and after 2 May for which Waddy was not charged. There were eyewitnesses to Waddy's acts. We fail to see the necessity of the similar fact evidence to prove an element of the crime charged, identity of Waddy or common scheme or plan. The similar fact evidence was irrelevant. As we view it, this evidence was introduced to show Waddy was of bad character and propensities. In Williams v. State, 110 So.2d 654 (Fla. 1959), our Supreme Court held that such evidence was inadmissible.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Herbert v. State“The court erred in allowing the transcription of Waddy's tape recorded statement into evidence and in permitting the jury to take it into the jury room during its deliberations. The best evidence was the tape recording. Duggan v. State, 189 So.2d 890 (Fla. 1st DCA 1966). If the transcript had been properly authenticated, which it was not, it could have been read to the jury. Grimes v. State, 244 So.2d 130 (Fla. 1971). But even then, it should not have been admitted into evidence nor should the jury have been permitted to take it into the jury room for use during its deliberations. Grimes, supra.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Golden v. State“Let the writer of this opinion say that to him child abuse is one of the most heinous of crimes. But let the writer of this opinion also say that the most despicable wretch that walks the face of the earth is presumed innocent until proved guilty and is entitled to a fair trial.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Herbert v. State
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.