Doe v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

6 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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “been adjudicated guilty of any of the charges stemming from the arrest or alleged criminal activity to which the records expunction petition pertains.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Roberto v. State · 791 So. 2d 1238 - Randall v. Florida Dept. of Law Enforcement

2. “[b]ecause a full and unconditional pardon legally blots out the finding of guilt, the pardon removes all the attendant legal consequences which flow from an adjudication of guilt. The pardonee is no longer legally considered `convicted' or `adjudicated guilty' of that crime.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 791 So. 2d 1238 - Randall v. Florida Dept. of Law Enforcement · 887 So. 2d 1268 - RJL v. State

3. “[w]hen the pardon is full, it remits the punishment and blots out of existence the guilt, so that in the eyes of the law the offender is as innocent as if he never committed the offense.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 791 So. 2d 1238 - Randall v. Florida Dept. of Law Enforcement · 887 So. 2d 1268 - RJL v. State