354 So. 2d 152 - State v. Williams’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

22 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 22 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “An act of that kind is certainly one of the gravest and potentially most dangerous types of any motor vehicle operation. The committing of it amounts to the mentioned "disregard of the interest of others" and, hence, constitutes criminal negligence—an essential ingredient of the offense of reckless operation of a vehicle denounced by LRS 14:99.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 504 So. 2d 1005 - State v. Redfearn

2. “The foregoing provisions of this section shall not be construed as limiting the introduction of any other competent evidence bearing upon the question whether the person was under the influence of alcoholic beverages.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. State v. Berluchaux

3. “The violation of a statute or ordinance shall be considered only as presumptive evidence of such negligence.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 375 So. 2d 931 - State v. Williams