State v. Hall’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

30 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 30 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “"* * * Undoubtedly the photographs served to prove details and clarify questions in the minds of the jury which the testimony alone could not do. "The fact that objects or photographs constitute or portray a repulsive spectacle and tend to prejudice the jury furnish no valid grounds for their exclusion where they are otherwise relevant. State v. Hamilton, 249 La. 392 , 187 So. 2d 417 (1966)."”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 272 So. 2d 335 - State v. McCauley · 301 So. 2d 344 - State v. Gaspard