Briggs v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

17 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 17 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[M]any criminal appeals have been filed legitimately complaining of misconduct by the prosecuting attorney during trial. The conduct complained of in this case, as is true in most of the cases appealed on similar grounds, evidences an excessive preoccupation with obtaining a conviction at any cost. Such preoccupation disregards the prosecutor's duty in representing the people of the state of Florida to see that justice is done because OBTAINING A CONVICTION AT THE EXPENSE OF A FAIR TRIAL IS NOT JUSTICE.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 468 So. 2d 276 - Von Carter v. State · 794 So. 2d 1278 - The Florida Bar v. Cox

2. “Verbal attacks on the personal integrity of opposing counsel, rather than appropriate comments on the credibility of witnesses and inferences to be drawn from the evidence before the jury, are wholly inconsistent with the prosecutor's role.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 525 So. 2d 928 - Redish v. State

3. “with the circumspection and dignity the occasion calls for”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 794 So. 2d 1278 - The Florida Bar v. Cox