Stout v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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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. “Florida Rules of Criminal Procedure 3.180(a)(3) and 3.220(p) provide that a defendant's presence at a pretrial conference may be waived in writing. On June 18, 1997, a waiver of appearance signed by petitioner was filed by her attorney. The Notice of Docket Sounding does not inform the petitioner that this pretrial proceeding requires her personal appearance, that her presence may not be waived and that she could not appear through counsel. Accordingly, there appears to be no legal basis for issuance of the capias and it is hereby quashed.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 822 So. 2d 595 - Cruz v. State

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

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Walters v. State

3. “unless waived by the defendant in writing”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Walters v. State