State v. Simpson’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

10 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 10 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “. . . [U]pon request of the state or the defendant the court shall order that the witnesses be excluded from the courtroom. . . . The court may modify its order in the interest of justice. (Emphasis added.)”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Brevelle · 346 So. 2d 694 - State v. George

2. “While article 764 provides that the court may modify its order in the interest of justice, the issuance of the order in the first instance is mandatory.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Brevelle · 438 So. 2d 1091 - State v. Johnson

3. “must grant the order which he is entitled to modify at the time it is granted or thereafter `in the interest of justice.'”

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