State v. Lopez’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. “A. On its own motion the court may, and on request of a party the court shall, order that the witnesses be excluded from the courtroom or from a place where they can see or hear the proceedings, and refrain from discussing the facts of the case with anyone other than counsel in the case. In the interests of justice, the court may exempt any witness from its order of exclusion. However, this Article does not authorize exclusion of: * * * * * * (2) A single officer or single employee of a party which is not a natural person designated as its representative or case agent by its attorney; ...”

   8 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Maize · State v. Simon

2. “(d) [A] potentially prejudicial situation is presented, of course, in criminal cases when a law enforcement officer who is designated as the state's representative is expected also to testify as a fact witness. In such a situation the court should take appropriate measures to minimize the possibility of prejudice, such as permitting the case agent to be designated as the state's representative only if he testifies prior to all other fact witnesses.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 678 So. 2d 59 - State v. Cooper · 584 So. 2d 282 - State v. Ondek

3. “depended almost completely on the credibility of law enforcement witnesses.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 604 So. 2d 685 - State v. Johnson