701 So. 2d 706 - State v. Forrest’s Empirical Analysis

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3 state decisions

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1. “Mr. Forrest's pre-trial speech and his letter are certainly a lay person's attempt to object to the trial court's failure to rule on his motion to quash. Further, Mr. Forrest complained about his counsel's failure to act on his behalf. This is not the usual case where the defendant appears to acquiesce because he does nothing; here Mr. Forrest raised the issue and was ignored.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 775 So. 2d 565 - State v. Brent

2. “[o]ur job is to seek justice. His job is to defend, to get someone off, in other words, to put them on the street where they can strike again.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 811 So. 2d 1047 - State v. Clemons

3. “but in no case shall the state have less than one year after the ruling to commence the trial.”

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