Siniard v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

14 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 14 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “' "[W]here a defendant able to retain counsel has been advised by the court that he must retain counsel by a certain reasonable time, and where there is no showing why he has not retained counsel within that time, the court may treat his failure to provide for his own defense as a waiver of his right to counsel and require such defendant to proceed to trial without an attorney.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Coughlin v. State · 690 So. 2d 517 - Monte v. State

2. “(1) That the evidence is such as will probably change the result if a new trial is granted; (2) that it has been discovered since trial; (3) that it could not have been discovered before trial by the exercise of due diligence; (4) that it is material to the issue; and (5) that it is not merely cumulative or impeaching.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 521 So. 2d 1050 - Smitherman v. State

3. “In cases of this character much must be left to the sound discretion of the trial court.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 521 So. 2d 1050 - Smitherman v. State