State v. Williams’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

5 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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “The fact that an offender's conduct is justifiable, although otherwise criminal, shall constitute a defense to prosecution for any crime based on that conduct. This defense of justification can be claimed under the following circumstances: .... (7) When the offender's conduct is in defense of persons or of property under any of the circumstances described in Articles 19 through 22. La. R.S. 14:19 provides, in pertinent part: A. (1) The use of force or violence upon the person of another is justifiable under either of the following circumstances: (a) When committed for the purpose of preventing a forcible offense against the person or a forcible offense or trespass against property in a person's lawful possession, provided that the force or violence used must be reasonable and apparently necessary to prevent such offense. .... (2) The provisions of Paragraph (1) of this Section shall not apply where the force or violence results in a homicide.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 243 So. 3d 1178 - State v. Barron