State v. Douglas’s Empirical Analysis

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46 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 46 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Albeit appellant in this case filed a motion for a directed verdict which would, in many jurisdictions, entitle him to a full transcript for consideration of. the. evidence on appeal, this cannot apply to appeals in .felony cases in Louisiana where the jury is the, sole judge of the facts pertaining to guilt or innocence. It is because of a clear constitutional ordinance thus providing (La.Const. art. 19, § 9) that this Court felt obligated to hold in State v. Hudson, 253 La. 992 , 221 So.2d 484 , that Article 778 C.Cr.P., prescribing that the trial judge may direct a-verdict of not guilty in a jury trial, is violative of our fundamental law. (State v. Douglas, 256 La. 186 , 235 So.2d 563 (1970)).”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. Square

2. “"* * * Appellant was not held incommunicado; * * * There is no showing that he was denied access to his family * * *. Although he was young, an examination of his testimony exhibits that he was intelligent and precise as to time and dates, and we believe he was fully cognizant of all constitutional rights the law accorded him. "A review of the evidence convinces us that appellant's confessions were not in anywise induced by threats, promises or physical or mental coercion."”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. Monroe