474 So. 2d 808 - Peede v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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1 federal appellate · 31 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 33 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “If a defendant's disruption of a capital trial can result in his removal and the continuation of the trial in his absence, then he should be able to knowingly and voluntarily waive his presence. Otherwise, a defendant who does not want to be present during the trial and who fully understands the consequences of his absence would be forced into the untenable position of having to disrupt the courtroom to such an extreme as to result in his removal, thereby seriously prejudicing his case.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. People v. Arias · 688 So. 2d 895 - Kilgore v. State

2. “A defendant has the constitutional right to be present at the stages of his trial where fundamental fairness might be thwarted by his absence.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 503 So. 2d 310 - Muehleman v. State · 595 So. 2d 929 - Hodges v. State

3. “a defendant can waive his right to be present at stages of his capital trial if he personally chooses to voluntarily absent himself.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 572 So. 2d 1336 - Nixon v. State