324 So. 2d 369 - State v. Chaffin’s Empirical Analysis

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27 state decisions

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

1. “"Under the jurisprudence of this Court, before a verdict approved by the judge is set aside on the ground of improper argument, this Court must be thoroughly convinced that the jury was influenced by the remarks, and that they contributed to the verdict." See also, State v. Chaffin, 324 So.2d 369 (La.1976).”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 338 So. 2d 645 - State v. Owens · 346 So. 2d 181 - State v. Williams

2. “"The affidavit states that the affiant herself, after asking Duplechan to see if Chaffin could obtain a bag of marijuana for her, witnessed Chaffin drive up beside Duplechan's car, Duplechan get out of his car and get into Chaffin's, and shortly thereafter return to his car. Ten minutes later, at the affiant's trailer, Duplechan turned over a bag of marijuana to her. Duplechan's reliability is not necessary to establish probable cause since he was acting in response to affiant's request to obtain marijuana from Chaffin. What the affiant saw, while perhaps short of establishing guilt beyond a doubt, was consistent with guilt and established probable cause. State v. Paciera, supra [ 290 So.2d 681 (1974) ]; State v. Hightower, 272 So.2d 363 (La.1973)." Chaffin, supra, 324 So.2d at 372 .”

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