State v. LaGrange’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

2 federal appellate · 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 12 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “51.020. Stipulations and Admissions: "The following facts have been agreed to by the parties and are to be considered by you as true: "1. The defendant within 10 years preceding February 24, 2015, had been released from prison for a felony crime. "2. The defendant was not found to be in possession of a firearm at the time of the prior crime, and has not had the prior conviction expunged or been pardoned for such crime.”

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

2. “One of the obvious purposes of prohibiting firearm possession by a person who has previously been convicted of a serious felony is to protect the public.”

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