450 So. 2d 1126 - Roberts v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

4 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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[S]ince the evidence code was adopted by the Florida Supreme Court as a rule of court, it is safe to assume that the court itself was aware of its prior definition”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. McFadden v. State · Parker v. State

2. “decide to withhold adjudication. Whatever logic there is to including all persons who are found guilty by a jury (or who plead guilty) within the class of persons”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. 772 So. 2d 1209 - State v. McFadden

3. “[a]dopting different meanings for the same word depending on the situation can only result in confusion and inconsistency in purpose and result.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. 772 So. 2d 1209 - State v. McFadden