618 So. 2d 157 - Amos v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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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. “[N]o matter how brief the recess, a defendant in a criminal proceeding must have access to his attorney. The right of a criminal defendant to have reasonably effective attorney representation is absolute and is required at every essential step of the proceedings. Although we understand the desirability of the imposed restriction on a witness or party who is on the witness stand, we find that to deny a defendant consultation with his attorney during any trial recess, even in the middle of his testimo ny, violates the defendant’s basic right to counsel.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Burgess v. State · 183 So. 3d 1230 - Albert Mears v. State of Florida

2. “By a vote of six to six, the jury returned a recommendation of life for the killing of the store clerk....”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Rose v. State

3. “situations where the witness in question was never called by either party.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. 698 So. 2d 860 - Bauta v. State