792 So. 2d 606 - State v. White’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

4 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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Because of the resultant immunity from future prosecution of a particular charge, dismissal is a very harsh penalty to impose upon the State and is reserved for those instances where no viable alternative exists.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 968 So. 2d 599 - State v. Kalfani

2. “it is inappropriate to sanction the state for failure of a witness to appear by dismissing the case when other means to secure the witness's participation, such as continuance, exist.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 837 So. 2d 551 - State v. TD

3. “give the trial court any reasonable assurance that it could or would find and serve the victim, or that it would go forward with the case if continued.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 968 So. 2d 599 - State v. Kalfani