642 So. 2d 959 - State v. Blake’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

4 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. ““[I]f a defendant released on a surety’s bond fails to appear as directed, the forfeiture procedure is more involved. First, the court must order a conditional forfeiture and a show cause order against the defendant and the surety or sureties. The defendant and the surety or sureties must receive notice of the conditional forfeiture order within 90 days or else the surety’s liability is discharged. If such notice is timely received by the surety and the surety files an adequate and timely written response explaining why the bond should not be forfeited, the court is to set aside the conditional forfeiture. Otherwise, a hearing is set to determine if the bond should be forfeited, and if no response is filed the court is to enter a final forfeiture order....””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Elite Bail Bonding Co. v. State

2. “A statute that does not concern First Amendment freedoms or the definition of criminal conduct may be declared unconstitutionally vague `only if a person of ordinary intelligence, exercising common sense, can derive no rule or standard at all from the statute's language.' Friday v. Ethanol Corp., 539 So.2d 208, 213 (Ala.1988).”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 806 So. 2d 374 - Thompson v. Board of Pardons and Paroles