Welch v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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1. “[i]t is a fundamental principle of our criminal justice system that a prosecutor is afforded prosecutorial discretion over what charge to bring in any criminal trial. See United States v. Batchelder, 442 U.S. 114, 124 , 99 S.Ct. 2198 , 60 L.Ed.2d 755 (1979) ("Whether to prosecute and what charges to file or bring before a grand jury are decisions that generally rest in the prosecutor's discretion."); Bordenkircher v. Hayes, 434 U.S. 357, 364 , 98 S.Ct. 663 , 54 L.Ed.2d 604 (1978) ("In our system, so long as the prosecutor has probable cause to believe that the accused committed an offense defined by statute, the decision whether or not to prosecute, and what charge to file or bring before a grand jury, generally rests entirely in his discretion.").”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 962 So. 2d 154 - Crump v. State