State v. Holmes’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

16 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 16 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “"Upon its own motion the court may, and upon request of the state or the defendant shall, order that the witnesses be excluded from the courtroom or from where they can see or hear the proceedings and refrain from discussing the facts of the case or the testimony of any witness with anyone other than the district attorney or defense counsel. The court may modify its order in the interest of justice."”

   4 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. McDaniel · 346 So. 2d 1090 - State v. Bell

2. “"The purpose behind the order of sequestration is to encourage development of the true facts of the case by preventing witnesses from being influenced by the testimony of other witnesses and by allowing for effective cross-examination. State v. Raymond, 258 La. 1 , 245 So.2d 335 (1971), appeal dismissed, cert. denied, 404 U.S. 805 , 92 S.Ct. 101 , 30 L.Ed.2d 38 (1971); State v. McAllister, 253 La. 382 , 218 So.2d 305 (1969), vacated in part on other grounds, 408 U.S. 934 , 92 S.Ct. 2854 , 33 L.Ed.2d 748 (1971); State v. Lewis, 250 La. 876 , 199 So.2d 907 (1967)."”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 338 So. 2d 665 - State v. Badon · 343 So. 2d 694 - State v. Calloway