71 So. 3d 848 - McCray v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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41 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 41 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “(b) Motion for Examination. If, at any material stage of a criminal proceeding, the court of its own motion, or on motion of counsel for the defendant or for the state, has reasonable ground to believe that the defendant is not mentally competent to proceed, the court shall immediately enter its order setting a time for a hearing to determine the defendant’s mental condition, which shall be held no later than 20 days after the date of the filing of the motion, and may order the defendant to be examined by no more than 3 experts, as needed, prior to the date of the hearing. Attorneys for the state and the defendant may be present at any examination ordered by the court.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Williams v. State · CHRISTOPHER SCHOFIELD v. GRADY C. JUDD, SHERIFF OF POLK COUNTY

2. “This Court has explained that “relevant evidence of collateral crimes impermissi-bly becomes a feature of the trial when the evidence ‘transcend[s] the bounds of relevancy to the charge being tried’ and the prosecution ‘devolves from development of facts pertinent to the main issue of guilt or innocence into an assault on the character of the defendant.’ ” Peterson v. State, 2 So.3d 146, 155 (Fla.2009) (alteration in original) (quoting Conde v. State, 860 So.2d 930, 945 (Fla.2003)). Where evidence does, in fact, become a feature of the capital trial, reversible error will result. See, e.g., Steverson v. State, 695 So.2d 687, 687 (Fla.1997) (reversing Steverson’s conviction and death sentence because State’s presentation of excessive collateral crime evidence was unfairly prejudicial and became a feature of Steverson’s capital murder trial).”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 95 So. 3d 134 - Delhall v. State

3. “[a]n appellate court will not disturb a trial court’s determination that evidence is relevant and admissible absent an abuse of discretion. Relevant evidence is generally admissible unless precluded by a specific rule of exclusion. There are two categories under which evidence of uncharged crimes or bad acts will be admissible — similar fact evidence, otherwise known as Williams rule evidence, and dissimilar fact evidence. The requirements and limitations of section 90.404 govern similar fact evidence while the general rule of relevancy set forth in section 90.402 governs dissimilar fact evidence.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 117 So. 3d 742 - Hilton v. State