438 So. 2d 1229 - State v. Beasley’s Empirical Analysis
1983
Citation profile
2 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Dove v. United States · Durham v. United States · 328 So. 2d 65 - State v. Morris · 370 So. 2d 874 - Southern Message Service, Inc. v. Louisiana Public Service Commission · State v. Ferina
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 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““Abatement ab initio of criminal proceedings has the effect of wiping the slate clean through indictment and conviction, and has as its purpose the consideration of the interest of the surviving family in preserving, unstained the memory of the deceased defendant or his reputation. State v. McClow, 395 So.2d 757 (La.1981); State v. Morris, supra.””
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Stovall
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.