492 So. 2d 360 - Garcia v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1986
Citation profile
2 federal appellate · 77 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 80 later decisions — most recently May 2019 · most notably 774 So. 2d 637 - Rutherford v. Moore (2000), 739 So. 2d 568 - Ramirez v. State (1999)
2 federal appellate · 77 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on Miranda v. State of Arizona Vignera · Chapman v. State of California · Faretta v. California · Delaware v. Van Arsdall · Rhode Island v. Innis
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 80 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“has a constitutional right to be present at all crucial stages of his trial where his absence might frustrate the fairness of the proceedings.”
7 later decisions quote this exact passage“it is the constitutional question of whether fundamental fairness has been thwarted which determines whether the error is reversible.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage“[Cjriminal defendants have a due process right to be physically present in all critical stages of trial, including the examination of prospective jurors. Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.180(a) recognizes this right, providing that in all criminal prosecutions the defendant shall be present “at the beginning of the trial during the examination, challenging, impanelling, and swearing of the jury.” Fla. R. Crim. P. 3.180(a)(4). However, when a defendant voluntarily absents himself from the courtroom, rule 3.180(c) provides: Defendant Absenting Self. If the defendant is present at the beginning of trial and thereafter, during the progress of the trial or before the verdict of the jury has been returned into court, voluntarily absents himself or herself from the presence of the court without leave of court, or is removed from the presence of the court because of his or her disruptive conduct during the trial, the trial of the cause or the return of the verdict of the jury in the case shall not thereby be postponed or delayed, but the trial, the submission of the case to the jury for verdict, and the return of the verdict thereon shall proceed in all respects as though the defendant were present in court at all times.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.