572 So. 2d 16 - Phillips v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1990
Citation profile
11 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 11 later decisions — most recently June 2019
11 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 Davis v. Alaska · 491 So. 2d 1129 - State v. DiGuilio · Jones v. Howard · Bottoson v. Florida · 109 So. 2d 7 - Singer v. State
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 11 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The defendant has a right to discredit a witness by showing bias, an interest, and a possible ulterior motive for his testimony. E.g., Davis v. Alaska, 415 U.S. 308 , 94 S.Ct. 1105 , 39 L.Ed.2d 347 (1974); Watts v. State, 450 So.2d 265 (Fla. 2d DCA 1984); Lavette v. State, 442 So.2d 265 (Fla. 1st DCA 1983), pet. for rev. denied, 449 So.2d 265 (Fla. 1984). A condition of [the witness's] probation was that he not possess firearms. However, the trial court would not allow the defendant to cross-examine the witness about his probationary status. We cannot say that this error was harmless. [e.o.]”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“Close cases involving challenge to the impartiality of potential jurors should be resolved in favor of excusing the juror rather than leaving doubt as to his or her impartiality.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“The defendant has a right to discredit a witness by showing bias, an interest, and a possible ulterior motive for his testimony,”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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