813 So. 2d 1025 - Scott v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

13 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 13 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[a] defendant is not entitled to relief where he has been given affirmative misadvice regarding the possible sentence-enhancing consequences of a plea in the event that the defendant commits a new crime in the future.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Morgan v. State · State v. Dickey

2. “[T]he defendant is under a legal duty to refrain from committing further crimes. It makes no difference whether the defendant is given correct, or incorrect, advice regarding the possibility of enhanced punishment.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Wallace v. State · 838 So. 2d 685 - Jones v. State

3. “). In the 1994 and 1995 cases the defendant alleges that he received affirmative misadvice of his trial counsel. The defendant alleges that his trial counsel told him that if he entered a plea in those cases, the charges would be expunged and the convictions would not be used in the future for any other prosecutions. The defendant contends that this was affirmative misadvice regarding the future sentence enhancing consequences if he committed a new crime. The trial court correctly denied relief on this point. This court has held that as a matter of public policy,”

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