State v. Latin’s Empirical Analysis
1982
Citation profile
64 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 64 later decisions — most recently April 2018 · most notably 433 So. 2d 688 - State v. Smith (1983), 434 So. 2d 452 - State v. Hammonds (1983)
64 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 North Carolina v. Pearce · State v. Sepulvado · 360 So. 2d 500 - State v. Drew · 374 So. 2d 1195 - State v. Spencer · Garcia v. Uvalde County
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 64 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“References made in closing argument that the State's case stands uncontroverted have been frequently upheld by this Court. (citations omitted). A statement that the State's theory of the case remains unassailed encompasses the entire case presented by the defense and does not focus on the defendant's failure to take the stand. However, when the defendant is the only person who can dispute the testimony, a reference to the testimony as uncontroverted focuses the jury's attention on the defendant's failure to testify. See State v. Perkins, 374 So.2d 1234, 1237 (La.1979).”
8 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. State v. Trahan · State v. Smith“"Upon the motion of a defendant, a mistrial shall be ordered when a remark or comment, made within the hearing of the jury by the judge, district attorney, or a court official, during the trial or in argument, refers directly or indirectly to:”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. State v. Trahan · State v. Smith“"Reasonable cause which under Louisiana Code of Criminal Procedure Article 213 is consonant with the probable cause concept, exists when the facts and circumstances known to the arresting officer and of which he has reasonably trustworthy information are sufficient to justify a man of ordinary caution in believing that the person to be arrested has committed a crime; `probable cause' may be judged by the probabilities and practical considerations of every day life on which average men, and particularly, average police officers, can be expected to act." State v. Drew, 360 So.2d 500 (La. 1978) cert. den. 439 U.S. 1059 , 99 S.Ct. 820 , 59 L.Ed.2d 25 (1978).”
2 later decisions 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.