484 So. 2d 577 - Jones v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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41 state decisions

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1. “447 U.S. at 637 , 100 S.Ct. at 2389 , the court reasoned that the failure to give the jury the”

   4 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Hicks v. State · Lathan v. State

2. “Harris v. State, 438 So.2d 787 (Fla.1983), recognizes a constitutional right of an accused in a capital case to have the jury instructed as to necessarily lesser included offenses and that the violation of that right constitutes fundamental error, a waiver of which, to be effective, must be made on the record knowingly and intelligently by the accused personally rather than by counsel. Do those charged with non-capital crimes enjoy this constitutional right as well as those charged with capital crimes?”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 492 So. 2d 1071 - Mosley v. State · 492 So. 2d 1326 - Redden v. State

3. “Recognizing that the role of defense counsel necessarily involves a number of tactical decisions and procedural determinations inevitably impacting on a defendant's constitutional rights, we find that no useful purpose would here be served by requiring the court to ensure that, in this instance, counsel's conduct truly represents the informed and voluntary decision of the client. See Estelle v. Williams, 425 U.S. 501 , 96 S.Ct. 1691 , 48 L.Ed.2d 126 ... (1976).”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Lathan v. State · 561 So. 2d 528 - State v. Griffith