392 So. 2d 950 - Bova v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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13 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 14 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “a brief recess in the midst of cross-examination.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 507 So. 2d 1074 - Thompson v. State · Bova v. State

2. “[T]he trial judge in the case at bar was especially sensitive to the issue of attorney-client consultation. The court provided an opportunity for consultation prior to defendant's direct examination, and, before the incident giving rise to this appeal, agreed to arrangements so that defense counsel could meet with the defendant in a holding cell during the luncheon recess. It is also well to recall that the court exercised its discretion and acceded to defendant's request for a brief recess so that he might collect his thoughts. Having obtained this sought-for-benefit, defendant cannot complain of a reasonable limitation. To hold otherwise would encourage a party to attempt to sow reversible error into the record.”

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

3. “Nonetheless, we decline to hold that the minimal restraint imposed by the trial court in this case constituted an abuse of discretion, or was an impermissible impairment of [petitioner's] Sixth Amendment right to assistance of counsel, or a violation of [petitioner's] correlative rights under Article I, Section 16 of the Florida Constitution.”

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