State v. Edwards’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

4 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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““Procedural due process is required before a driver’s license may be revoked. State v. Page, 332 So.2d 427 (La.1976), and Bell v. Burson, 402 U.S. 535 , 91 S.Ct. 1586 , 29 L.Ed.2d 90 (1971). This requires a meaningful hearing appropriate to the nature of the case. The revocation of a driver’s license under the Habitual Offender statute does not constitute criminal punishment. It is a civil action and involves only the denial of the privilege of driving a motor vehicle on public highways of the state. There is no loss of liberty, no incarceration and no fine. State v. Page, supra, State v. Free, 321 So.2d 50 (La.App. 3rd Cir. 1976). As this court stated in State v. Free. supra, at 54 , ‘since this is a civil action and no deprivation of liberty is or can be contemplated, the stringent safeguards of criminal proceedings are not applicable.’ We held that a guilty plea without bene fit of counsel is not a defense in habitual offender adjudications under LSA — R.S. 32:1472, ...””

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