Brown v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

3 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 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “that if an appellant in a criminal case escapes from lawful confinement, or voluntarily, without authorization, absents himself from the jurisdiction of this court while on probation, then his appeal is subject to dismissal and if dismissed will not be reinstated upon return to the jurisdiction of the court, (emphasis supplied).”

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

2. “because appellant is in custody [after an escape] under the jurisdiction of this court and subject to the mandate of this court, we would not be wasting our time in reviewing the case. ... The dismissal of an appeal is not a recognized form of punishment for escape, nor should it be without legislation ...”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 552 So. 2d 975 - Gurican v. State