Samson v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

20 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 20 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[a] person accused of an offense ... who is mentally incompetent to proceed at any material stage of a criminal proceeding shall not be proceeded against while incompetent.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Erickson v. State · 23 So. 3d 239 - Blackmon v. State

2. “An individual adjudicated incompetent is presumed to remain incompetent until adjudicated restored to competence. Furthermore, `the legal status of a defendant cannot be adjudicated from incompetent to competent without a hearing.'”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 871 So. 2d 1020 - Sledge v. State · 982 So. 2d 756 - State v. Smith

3. “the calling of court-appointed expert witnesses designated under Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.211, a determination of competence to proceed, and the entry of an order finding competence.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Molina v. State · 880 So. 2d 1241 - Jackson v. State