Cleveland v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

3 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 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[t]he refusal of a motion for a continuance on the ground of the absence of a witness will not be overturned on a motion for a new trial unless the witness, or his affidavit showing what his testimony would be, is offered on the hearing of the motion, or it is shown that it was impossible or impracticable to secure the attendance of the witness or to secure his affidavit.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 997 So. 2d 248 - Muise v. State · 962 So. 2d 124 - King v. State

2. “[o]ther than the mere assertions made during the trial by counsel for Cleveland regarding Murrell's testimony, there is no substantial proof that what Murrell would have said would have aided Cleveland.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 962 So. 2d 124 - King v. State