415 So. 2d 70 - Meyer v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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7 state decisions

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

1. “A. IN THE LIGHT OF THE DECISION IN POLK COUNTY v. DODSON [, - U.S. -,] 102 S.Ct. 445 [, 70 L.Ed.2d 509 ,] (1981), IS STATE ACTION INVOLVED IN THE FAILURE OF A PUBLICLY APPOINTED LAWYER TO FILE A TIMELY NOTICE OF APPEAL ON BEHALF OF THE CONVICTED DEFENDANT, SO AS TO ENTITLE THE DEFENDANT TO BELATED APPELLATE REVIEW BY PETITION FOR HABEAS CORPUS? B. IN THE LIGHT OF THE DECISION IN POLK COUNTY v. DODSON [, - U.S. -,] 102 S.Ct. 445 [, 70 L.Ed.2d 509 ,] (1981), IS STATE ACTION INVOLVED IN THE FAILURE OF A PRIVATELY RETAINED LAWYER TO FILE A TIMELY NOTICE OF APPEAL ON BEHALF OF THE CONVICTED DEFENDANT, SO AS TO ENTITLE THE DEFENDANT TO BELATED APPELLATE REVIEW BY PETITION FOR HABEAS CORPUS?”

   5 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Davidson v. Wainwright · 420 So. 2d 659 - Epps v. Wainwright

2. “With respect to Dodson’s § 1983 claims against Shepard, we decide only that a public defender does not act under color of state law when performing a lawyer’s traditional functions as counsel to a defendant in a criminal proceeding.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Davidson v. Wainwright · 420 So. 2d 659 - Epps v. Wainwright

3. “The ethical obligation of an attorney requires diligent attention to the legal problems of his client. No lawyer can ethically neglect a legal matter entrusted to him, nor handle it incompetently, Fla.Bar Code of Prof.Resp., DR 6-101, DR 7-101(A), and he should be sanctioned when he does. The fact that the courts have extricated the client from the consequences of the lawyer’s neglect to timely file an appeal does not convert the neglect of a legal duty to something less. We therefore believe that we must comply with our own ethical obligations to sanction lawyers who neglect their legal and professional duty. We have already notified the public defenders in this district that any such neglect of duty will give rise to sanctions by this court where the neglect is the failure to comply with a directive of this court, thus resulting in a dismissal of the appeal, or where we deem it appropriate, we will forward copies of the petition to the proper grievance committee of The Florida Bar for whatever action is deemed warranted by that committee under the circumstances of each case. We cannot condone admitted violations of the Code of Professional Responsibility nor will we do so, and we take this means to notify the lawyers who appear before this court of our intentions.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Davidson v. Wainwright