State v. Brown’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

1 federal appellate · 174 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 177 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “must determine that the evidence, viewed in the light most favorable to the prosecution, was sufficient to convince a rational trier of fact that all of the elements of the crime had been proved beyond a reasonable doubt.”

   59 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 171 So. 3d 1176 - State v. Campbell · 203 So. 3d 351 - State v. Young

2. “ask clearly and unequivocally to proceed pro se.”

   8 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Franklin · State v. PT

3. “`[w]hile an indigent defendant has a right to counsel as well as the opposite right to represent himself, he has no constitutional right to be both represented and representative.'”

   4 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 960 So. 2d 296 - State v. Mathieu · 989 So. 2d 120 - State v. Berry