359 So. 2d 931 - State v. Boyd’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

1 federal appellate · 74 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 75 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “No one can impeach his own witness, unless he have been taken by surprise by the testimony of such witness, or unless the witness show hostility toward him, and, even then, the impeachment must be limited to evidence of prior contradictory statements.”

   4 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Dunn · State v. LaBauve

2. “Whenever the credibility of a witness is to be impeached by proof of any statement made by him contradictory to his testimony, he must first be asked whether he has made such statement, and his attention must be called to the time, place and circumstances, and to the person to whom the alleged statement was made, in order that the witness may have an opportunity of explaining that which is prima facie contradictory. If the witness does not distinctly admit making such statement, evidence that he did make it is admissible.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 420 So. 2d 126 - State v. Tonubbee · 399 So. 2d 178 - State v. McClinton

3. “Fundamental fairness is violated when a criminal defendant on trial for his liberty is denied the opportunity to have an expert of his choosing, bound by appropriate safeguards imposed by the Court, examine a piece of critical evidence whose nature is subject to varying expert opinion....”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 54 So. 3d 152 - State v. Ferguson · 870 So. 2d 1075 - State v. Frazier