State v. Davis’s Empirical Analysis
1964
Citation profile
37 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 37 later decisions — most recently September 2006 · most notably 354 So. 2d 186 - State v. Hills (1978), 307 So. 2d 594 - State v. Banks (1975)
37 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on Gideon v. Wainwright · State v. Brodes · State v. Barnes
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 37 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“It is obvious to us that such attempted rebuttal was particularly prejudicial to the defendant as it could have had no other effect than to place the weight of these public officials in the scales of justice. It is well to note here that all of the witnesses to these so-called "confessions" were either deputy sheriffs or the assistant district attorney who tried the case, the latter, in his argument to the jury, emphasizing time and again that because of his personal participation in the taking of these "statements" he knew the deputies were telling the truth. And although he did not take the stand in this so-called rebuttal effort, he nevertheless, argued consistently to the jury that Davis had never told him as the assistant district attorney he acted in self-defense.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“Now, in this case, the only thing you've got to look for, the only thing in my opinion which is important, is whether or not you are going to believe the duly constituted law officials of this Parish, including my own assistant, or whether or not you're going to believe this man, who through his own admission and who through cross-examination, is a convicted criminal. That's what you've got to decide in this case and that's the only question you've got to decide.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“he never at any time claimed he shot the victim in defense of himself or his wife. The defendant's trial testimony provided otherwise. Over defense objection, the state was allowed to recall these same two deputies to the stand and simply have them repeat and reiterate their testimony that the defendant did not state at any time during his”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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