889 So. 2d 721 - Hernandez-Alberto v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

2 federal appellate · 25 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 28 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “A court's ruling on a motion for continuance will only be reversed when an abuse of discretion is shown. An abuse of discretion is generally not found unless the court's ruling on the continuance results in undue prejudice to the defendant. This general rule is true even in death penalty cases. While death penalty cases command our closest scrutiny, it is still the obligation of an appellate court to review with caution the exercise of experienced discretion by a trial judge in matters such as a motion for a continuance.”

   4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Overton v. State · 107 So. 3d 242 - Snelgrove v. State

2. “[T]rial courts are required to make the defendant `aware of the dangers and disadvantages of self-representation . . .'”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 972 So. 2d 850 - Chames v. DeMayo · 987 So. 2d 103 - Reeves v. State