481 So. 2d 1201 - Suarez v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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1 federal appellate · 43 state decisions

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1. ““This argument [that suppression is the proper remedy for a violation of an analogous professional conduct rule] rests upon a basic misconception of the Code of Professional Responsibility. The provisions of the code are not constitutional or statutory rights guaranteed to individual persons. They are instead self-imposed internal regulations prescribing the standards of conduct for members of the bar. Although it is true that the principal purpose of many provisions is the protection of the public, the remedy for a violation has traditionally been internal bar disciplinary actions against the offending attorney. The sanctions available are by no means trivial. The attorney faces permanent disbarment. In these respects the provisions of the code are no different from the provisions found in the codes of conduct for other professions, such as medicine or architecture. They are all self-governing in-house regulations. The admissibility of evidence in a court of law, on the other hand, is normally determined by reference to relevant constitutional and statutory provisions, applicable court rules and pertinent common-law doctrines. Codes of professional conduct play no part in such decisions.””

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. McCoy · State v. Decker

2. “The jury instructions simply give the jurors a list of arguably relevant aggravating factors from which to choose in making their assessment as to whether death was the proper sentence in light of any mitigating factors presented in the case. The judge, on the other hand, must set out the factors he finds both in aggravation and in mitigation, and it is this sentencing order which is subject to review vis-a-vis doubling.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 598 So. 2d 60 - Patten v. State · 734 So. 2d 1009 - Teffeteller v. Dugger

3. “In the absence of constitutional grounds for suppression, the only possible basis for suppression would be to discourage violation of [a bar rule].... However, we have another effective way to deter violation of an ethical rule. Bar discipline can be initiated by The Florida Bar ...,” thus achieving the goal without the”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. McCoy · State v. McCarthy