397 So. 2d 288 - Hoffman v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1981
Citation profile
30 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 32 later decisions — most recently June 2003 · most notably Taylor v. State (1983), 500 So. 2d 125 - Smith v. State (1986)
30 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on 246 So. 2d 771 - Richardson v. State · Economic Research Analysts, Inc. v. O'Connell · Natkie v. State · Lacros v. State · 298 So. 2d 376 - State v. Beamon
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 32 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“"The rules are not intended to furnish a procedural device to escape justice, and we are again persuaded that the modern trend in criminal cases `is to excuse technical defects which have no bearing upon the substantial rights of the parties. When procedural irregularities occur, the emphasis is on determining whether anyone was prejudiced by the departure. A defendant is entitled to a fair trial, not a perfect trial.'"”
4 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. Adams v. State · Stang v. State“... the effect of such a specification of date in a bill of particulars is to narrow the Indictment or Information as to the time within which the act or acts allegedly constituting the offense may be proved.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. Stang v. State · Taylor v. State“The court, upon motion, shall order the prosecuting attorney to furnish a statement of particulars, when the indictment or information upon which the defendant is to be tried fails to inform the defendant of the particulars of the offense sufficiently to enable him to prepare his defense. Such statement of particulars shall specify as definitely as possible the place, date, and all other material facts of the crime charged that are specifically requested and are known to the prosecuting attorney, including the names of persons intended to be defrauded. Reasonable doubts concerning the construction of this rule shall be resolved in favor of the defendant.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.