106 So. 3d 665 - State v. Thomas’s Empirical Analysis

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7 state decisions

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

1. “_JjjjA criminal defendant has the constitutional right to present a defense. U.S. Const. Amend. VI; La. Const. Art. 1, § 16; Washington v. Texas, 388 U.S. 14 , 87 S.Ct. 1920 , 18 L.Ed.2d 1019 (1967); State v. Gremillion, 542 So.2d 1074 (La.1989); State v. Vigee, 518 So.2d 501 (La.1988). Due process affords a defendant the right of full confrontation and cross examination of the State’s witnesses. Chambers v. Mississippi, 410 U.S. 284 , 93 S.Ct. 1038 , 35 L.Ed.2d 297 (1973); State v. Mosby, 595 So.2d 1135 (La.1992). It is difficult to imagine rights more inextricably linked to our concept of a fair trial. Evidentiary rules may not supersede the fundamental right to present a defense. State v. Sartain, 08-266, p. 16 (La.App. 4 cir. 12/30/08), 2 So.3d 1132, 1141 .”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 116 So. 3d 928 - State v. Marcelin

2. “It is justifiable to use force or violence or to kill in the defense of another person when it is reasonably apparent that the person attacked could have justifiably used such means himself, and when it is reasonably believed that such intervention is necessary to protect the other person.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 140 So. 3d 260 - State v. Weathersby