414 So. 2d 752 - State v. Sharp’s Empirical Analysis

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40 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 40 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “"In Louisiana, the res gestae doctrine is broad and includes not only spontaneous utterances and declarations made before or after the commission of a crime, but also testimony of witnesses and police officers pertaining to what they heard or observed before, during or after the commission of the crime, provided the requirements for the introduction of such evidence have been met. R.S. 15:447, State v. Kimble, 407 So.2d 693 (La.1981); State v. Molinario, 383 So.2d 345 (La. 1980), cert. den. 449 U.S. 882 , 101 S.Ct. 232 , 66 L.Ed.2d 106 ; appeal after remand 400 So.2d 596 (La.1981). In order to qualify as part of the res gestae, the circumstances and declarations must be necessary incidents of the criminal act or immediate concomitants of it, or form in conjunction with it one continuous transaction. R.S. 15:448. Therefore, a very close connexity is required between the charged offense and the evidence of other crimes. State v. Haarala, 398 So.2d 1093 (La.1981). State v. Lawson, 393 So.2d 1260 (La.1981). This close connexity in time and location is essential to the exception because no notice is required by the state of its intention to introduce evidence which forms part of the res gestae. R.S. 15:447; C.Cr.P. 768, State v. Haarala, supra. State v. Brown, 352 So.2d 690 (La.1977)."”

   4 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Wall · 473 So. 2d 886 - State v. Reynolds

2. “"In order for a conviction to stand, the evidence, when viewed in a light most favorable to the prosecution, must be sufficient to convince a reasonable trier of fact of the guilt of the defendant, beyond a reasonable doubt, of every element of the crime. Jackson v. Virginia, 443 U.S. 307 , 99 S.Ct. 2781 , 61 L.Ed.2d 560 (1979); State v. Guillot, 389 So.2d 68 (La.1980)" At 754.”

   4 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Sanford · State v. Roy

3. “To admit demonstrative evidence at trial, the law requires that the object be identified. The identification can be visual, that is, by testimony at the trial that the object exhibited is the one related to the case. It can also be identified by chain of custody, that is, by establishing the custody of the object from the time it was seized to the time it was offered in evidence.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 426 So. 2d 148 - State v. Sims · 780 So. 2d 1123 - State v. Iron