State v. Collins’s Empirical Analysis

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13 state decisions

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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. “. . . D. Statements which are not hearsay. A statement is not hearsay if: (1) Prior statement by witness. The declarant testifies at the trial or hearing and is subject to cross-examination concerning the statement, and the statement is: (a) In a criminal case, inconsistent with his testimony, provided that the proponent has first fairly directed the witness' attention to the statement and the witness has been given the opportunity to admit the fact and where there exists any additional evidence to corroborate the matter asserted by the prior inconsistent statement; . . .”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 47 So. 3d 1048 - State Ex Rel. Dw

2. “where more than ten years have elapsed since the expiration of the maximum sentence or sentences of the previous conviction or convictions ... and the commission of the last felony for which he has been convicted.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 913 So. 2d 836 - State v. Smith