547 So. 2d 1361 - State v. Spellman’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

7 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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “(1) Whether the clothes worn were easily identifiable as prison attire; (2) Whether the defendant was actually compelled after objection to wear the prison clothes; and (3) Whether the defendant was prejudiced by wearing the prison clothes.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 562 So. 2d 978 - State v. Newton

2. “defendant effectively eliminated, without legal prejudice to him, the probability of prejudice against him for appearing in prison clothes.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 562 So. 2d 455 - State v. Spellman

3. “[a] defendant is not entitled to civilian clothing of his choice but only to reasonably clean and suitable clothing at trial.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 562 So. 2d 455 - State v. Spellman