442 So. 2d 1257 - State v. Cockerham’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

20 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 20 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “... [a]n irregularity or error cannot be availed of after the verdict unless it was objected to at the time of the occurrence.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 472 So. 2d 159 - State v. Valovich · 466 So. 2d 649 - State v. Capano

2. “1. That the defendant committed the theft of something of value belonging to another; and 2. that the thing of value stolen was in the possession or in the immediate control of the victim when it was stolen; and 3. that the defendant used force or intimidation against the victim in order to accomplish the theft; and 4. that the defendant was armed with a dangerous weapon.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 514 So. 2d 271 - State v. Hupp

3. “The contemporaneous objection rule has two purposes: (1) to put the trial judge on notice of the alleged irregularity so that he may cure the problem, and (2) to prevent a defendant from gambling for a favorable verdict and then resorting to appeal on errors that might easily have been corrected by objections. State v. Thomas, 427 So.2d 428 (La.1982), [on rehearing].”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 472 So. 2d 159 - State v. Valovich