State v. Lockett’s Empirical Analysis
1976
Citation profile
2 federal appellate · 16 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 18 later decisions — most recently September 2004
2 federal appellate · 16 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on Alexander v. Virginia · State v. Dotson · State v. Poe · State v. Wright · State v. Coleman
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 18 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The Articles of the Code referred to above [La.C.Cr.P. Arts. 707, 708, and 709] are not platitudes. Unless the standards set out there are adhered to, the trial of cases will be unduly and unexpectedly delayed, and the handling of court dockets will be hampered. When the Code's standards are complied with, however, the defendant is protected and there is little likelihood of prejudice to his case... [Bracketed material added.]”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“". . . when the comment is provoked by opposing counsel, the remarks will not serve to upset a conviction. State v. Cascio, 219 La. 819 , 54 So.2d 95 (1951); State v. Poe, 214 La. 606 , 38 So.2d 359 (1949); State v. Borde, 209 La. 905 , 25 So.2d 736 (1946). . . ."”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.