930 So. 2d 399 - Baker v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

11 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 11 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[t]he purpose of an indictment is to inform the criminal defendant “with some measure of certainty as to the nature of the charges brought against him so that he may have a reasonable opportunity to prepare an effective defense and to enable him to effectively assert his constitutional right against double jeopardy in the event of a future prosecution for the same offense.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Brown v. State

2. “failure to make a contemporaneous objection and allow the trial court opportunity to cure the defect is a procedural bar and constitutes a waiver of the argument on appeal.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 986 So. 2d 328 - Palmer v. State

3. “indictment . . . include . . . [t]he date and, if applicable, the time at which the offense was alleged to have been committed.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Gordon v. State