State v. Harris’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

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

1. “The former [use immunity] simply forbids the testimony given under the immunity grant to be used against the witness in any criminal prosecution of him; the latter [transactional immunity] provides the witness with immunity from prosecution for the matter concerning which his testimony was elicited.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 487 So. 2d 1092 - State v. Williams

2. “As a federal constitutional matter, it is only necessary that a witness be given use immunity in order to compel his testimony”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 438 So. 2d 477 - Novo v. Scott

3. “a court of this state is powerless to provide a witness with transactional immunity over the State's objection”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 467 So. 2d 387 - State v. Montgomery