Forrest v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

29 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 30 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[T]he defendant must state in the rule 3.850 motion how he or she will prove that the immigration warning was not given. In the normal case, this will require the defendant to allege that a hearing transcript will demonstrate a violation of rule 3.172(c)(8). Absent conclusive evidence of a violation, the trial court has discretion to deny relief.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 995 So. 2d 1130 - Buton v. State

2. “[t]he burden is on the movant to establish that the plea in the case under attack is the only basis for deportation. Only then can the movant show prejudice resulting from the failure to advise of deportation consequences in the case under attack.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 995 So. 2d 621 - State v. Sinclair

3. “evidence regarding whether the plea in this case alone subjects the movant to deportation”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 997 So. 2d 1179 - Blanco v. State