State v. Cornin’s Empirical Analysis

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5 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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “All bonds taken to secure the appearance of any person before any district court executed by a surety company ... shall be forfeited and collected as follows: (l)(a) If at the time fixed for appearance, such person fails to appear and answer when called, the judge, on motion of the district attorney, upon hearing of proper evidence, including notice or attempted notice to the defendant and the surety ... shall forthwith enter a judgment decreeing the forfeiture of the bond and against such person and his sureties in solido for the full amount thereof. After entering the fact of such failure to appear in the court minutes, the clerk of court shall promptly mail notice of the forfeiture ... to the surety on the bond_ Failure to mail the proper notice within six months after the entry of | gthe forfeiture shall release the surety from all obligations under the bond. (b) “Notice to the defendant” for purposes of this Section, shall be made by first class mail, postage prepaid, to the address provided by the defendant under his bond obligation, or by personal or domiciliary service on the defendant, and by certified mail, return receipt requested, to the defendant’s surety.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 657 So. 2d 644 - State v. Bracy

2. “MOTION FOR DISCHARGE AND RELEASE OF SURETY”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Williams