State v. Falkins’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

21 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 21 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “"It necessarily follows that [in a post-trial hearing by the court] if the omitted evidence creates a reasonable doubt that did not otherwise exist, constitutional error has been committed. This means that the omission must be evaluated in the context of the entire record. If there is no reasonable doubt about guilt whether or not the additional evidence is considered, there is no justification for a new trial. On the other hand, if the verdict is already of questionable validity, additional evidence of relatively minor importance might be sufficient to create a reasonable doubt." United States v. Agurs, 427 U.S. 97, 113 , 96 S.Ct. 2392, 2402 , 49 L.Ed.2d 342 (1976).”

   5 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Harvey · 408 So. 2d 861 - State v. Talbot

2. “"... Although there is, of course, no duty to provide defense counsel with unlimited discovery of everything known by the prosecutor, if the subject matter of such a request is material, or indeed if a substantial basis for claiming materiality exists, it is reasonable to require the prosecutor to respond either by furnishing the information or by submitting the problem to the trial judge. When the prosecutor receives a specific and relevant request, the failure to make any response is seldom, if ever, excusable." (Emphasis supplied.)”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 388 So. 2d 1155 - State v. Sylvester

3. “[involving] only matters marginally useful for purposes of impeachment”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 388 So. 2d 1155 - State v. Sylvester