Hope v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

10 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 10 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[A] trial court is not permitted to reweigh the facts considered by the public defender in determining that a conflict exists.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Banks v. State · 670 So. 2d 1042 - Roberts v. State

2. “had an interest in discrediting the testimony of the alleged victim and the alleged victim had an interest in seeking retribution against appellant. These interests were directly adverse.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 763 So. 2d 1175 - Valle v. State · 761 So. 2d 475 - Martin v. State

3. “Following the dictates of Guzman, once the public defender determined that a conflict existed ... the trial court was required to grant the motion to withdraw.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 715 So. 2d 348 - Reardon v. State