Bennett 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. “Here, the appellant requested and accepted the public’s gracious, albeit constitutionally mandated, dole for many professional services, including his trial lawyer and all the attendant costs there, as well as on appeal. Presumably, once the brief in his behalf was filed, where he perhaps thought a loophole would be found to extricate him from his predicament, he found instead there was little chance of his victory, so he decided to attack on a different course. We cannot allow this tactic to succeed lest the orderly administration of this court and the integrity of appellate proceedings be disrupted. See Chapman v. United States, 553 F.2d 886 (5th Cir. 1977). See also United States v. Lawrence, 605 F.2d 1321 (4th Cir. 1979), cert. denied, 444 U.S. 1084 , 100 S.Ct. 1041 , 62 L.Ed.2d 770 (1980). Had appellant requested the right to represent himself from the outset and demonstrated himself at least limitedly capable of doing so, we would have decided otherwise. Faretta; Lawrence; United States v. Dunlap, 577 F.2d 867 (4th Cir.), cert. denied, 439 U.S. 858 , 99 S.Ct. 174 , 58 L.Ed.2d 166 (1978); United States v. Bowdach, 561 F.2d 1160 (5th Cir. 1977).”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 415 So. 2d 849 - Bentley v. State

2. “A criminal appellant cannot have his appointed counsel discharged at his whim, especially after the appellant's work has been done and the case is about ready for disposition.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 675 So. 2d 194 - Dagostino v. State