Lynch 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. “[t]he defendant shall be present unless the defendant waives this in writing”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Stout v. State · 822 So. 2d 595 - Cruz v. State

2. “unless waived by the defendant in writing”

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