392 So. 2d 651 - State v. Knowles’s Empirical Analysis

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125 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 125 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “test, commonly referred to as the Blockburger test, is taken from Blockburger v. United States, 284 U.S. 299, 304 , 52 S.Ct. 180, 182 , 76 L.Ed. 306 (1932) as follows: The applicable rule is that where the same act or transaction constitutes a violation of two distinct statutory provisions, the test to be applied to determine whether there are two offenses or only one, is whether each provision requires proof of an additional fact which the other does not. Accord, State v. Knowles, 392 So.2d 651, 654 (La.1980). The second test is the”

   28 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 944 So. 2d 779 - State v. O'Connor · State v. Vaughn

2. “Double jeopardy exists in a second trial only when the charge in that trial is: (1) Identical with or a different grade of the same offense for which the defendant was in jeopardy in the first trial, whether or not a responsive verdict could have been rendered in the first trial as to the charge in the second trial; or (2) Based on a part of a continuous offense for which offense the defendant was in jeopardy in the first trial.”

   14 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 944 So. 2d 779 - State v. O'Connor · State v. Vaughn

3. “test, which focuses upon the actual physical evidence and testimony necessary to secure a conviction. This test depends upon the proof required to convict, not the evidence actually introduced at trial. Thus, under the”

   8 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Hargrove · 87 So. 3d 285 - State v. Cooley