Cerroni v. State’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. “(4) Patient records are confidential and must not be disclosed without the consent of the person to whom they pertain, but appropriate disclosure may be made without such consent ... (d) In any civil or criminal action, unless otherwise prohibited by law, upon the issuance of a subpoena from a court of competent jurisdiction and proper notice by-the party seeking such records to the patient or his or her legal representative.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Guardado v. State · 947 So. 2d 525 - McAlevy v. State

2. “We do not rule that a finding of relevancy is equivalent to a finding of probable cause. We do not suggest, nor is there a need for, a new rule to determine relevancy. Relevancy and relevant evidence have been determined by Florida courts to be `evidence tending to prove or disprove a material fact.'”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 947 So. 2d 525 - McAlevy v. State

3. “We issue this opinion only to emphasize that the state has the obligation and the burden to present evidence to the trial judge to demonstrate that a patient's confidential hospital records are relevant to a criminal investigation before the issuance of an investigative subpoena.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 947 So. 2d 525 - McAlevy v. State