State v. Ross’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

4 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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “A. Notwithstanding the provisions of Article 434, the state may disclose to state or federal prosecutors or law enforcement officers, or to investigators on the staff of the district attorney or attorney general, or to expert witnesses, information and documents provided to a grand jury. Any person to whom such disclosure is made shall not engage in further disclosure of the material and shall use the disclosed material solely for purposes of investigation of criminal offenses and enforcement of criminal laws. B. The district attorney shall also disclose to the defendant material evidence favorable to the defendant that was presented to the grand jury. C. The district attorney may also disclose to a witness at trial, including the defendant if the defendant testifies, any statement of the witness before the grand jury that is inconsistent with the testimony of that witness.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Daniels · State v. Kory Mattox State

2. “[h]e must show that, without the material, his case would be greatly prejudiced or that an injustice would be done.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Mace · State v. Kory Mattox State

3. “Secrecy helps to prevent the escape of prospective indictees by providing no forewarning to them of the investigation in progress; it insures that the grand jury investigation can proceed freely by protecting the grand jurors from outside influences and threats of reprisal; it serves to prevent the subordination of perjury and tampering of witnesses by targets of the investigation; it promotes free and open disclosure of information by witnesses without fear of retaliation; and it acts as a shield by protecting innocent people under investigation from the injury to their reputations that could be caused by the disclosure of baseless accusations. However, the secrecy of grand jury proceedings is not absolute. This court has stated that in some situations, justice may demand that discrete portions of transcripts be made available for use in subsequent proceedings. In re Grand Jury , 98-2277 (La. 4/13/99), 737 So.2d 1 , 5 ; State v. Trosclair , 443 So.2d 1098 , 1102 (La.1983), cert. dismissed , 468 U.S. 1205 , 104 S.Ct. 3593 , 82 L.Ed.2d 889 (1984). (Footnotes omitted.)”

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