683 So. 2d 1281 - State v. Powell’s Empirical Analysis

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15 state decisions

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

1. “A. General criminal rule. In a criminal case, every witness by testifying subjects himself to examination relative to his criminal convictions subject to limitations set forth below. B. Convictions. Generally only offenses for which the witness has been convicted are admissible upon the issue of his credibility and no inquiry is permitted into matters for which there has only been an arrest, the issuance of an arrest warrant, an indictment, a prosecution, or an acquittal. C. Details of convictions. Ordinarily, only the fact of a conviction, the name of the offense the date thereof and the sentence imposed is admissible However details of the offense may become admissible to show the true nature of the offense: . . . (3) When the probative value thereof outweighs the danger of unfair prejudice confusion of the issues or misleading the jury.”

   4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. State v. Hinojosa · 20 So. 3d 1089 - State v. Scott

2. “... that the third exception of Article 609.1(C) allows cross-examination into the details of the prior conviction only where the issue of the witness' credibility is raised and the details of the prior conviction are probative in impeaching his testimony and not outweighed by the danger of unfair prejudice, confusion of the issues, or misleading the jury.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 756 So. 2d 1218 - State v. Coleman

3. “[i]t is unclear whether Johnson overruled Duke on the objection issue and will mean that the defendant must move for a mistrial to preserve the issue for review.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. 764 So. 2d 108 - State v. Womack-Grey