Zappas 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. “Even though we must reverse this conviction, the collateral result — not addressing the issues within the overruled motion to suppress — is not in the best interests of judicial economy. A review of this overruled pre-trial motion to suppress would effectively eliminate the unnecessary relitigation of the case. Therefore, in compliance with a request by both appellant and appellee that the Court of Appeals address the issues raised by appellant’s pre-trial Motion to Suppress — and in the interest that justice may best be served — this court will review the appellant’s Pre-Trial Motion to Suppress.”

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

2. “A conditional plea of nolo contendere or guilty made by agreement of defendant, prosecutor and trial court places a yoke on the neck of justice and creates a situation that forces the Court of Appeals to reverse and remand cases to the trial court for a re-plea and/or trial.”

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