State v. Helsley’s Empirical Analysis
1984
Citation profile
32 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 32 later decisions — most recently December 2009 · most notably 719 So. 2d 610 - State v. Owens (1998), State v. Green (1986)
32 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 State v. Sepulvado · 384 So. 2d 355 - State v. Bonanno · 338 So. 2d 584 - State v. Crosby · 419 So. 2d 475 - State v. Lanclos · 398 So. 2d 1049 - State v. Jones
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 32 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“If a defendant is indigent, the trial court may not impose a maximum sentence of imprisonment and a fine which will cause him to be imprisoned beyond the maximum duration fixed by statute when he is unable to pay a fine. State v. Williams, supra [ 288 So.2d 319 (La.1974) ]. The imposition of the fine and costs in addition to the maximum term of imprisonment is excessive in this case because- the defendant is an indigent whose financial situation is unlikely to substantially improve during the extended period of imprisonment which he is facing; thus, he will be forced to serve a longer term of imprisonment than that statutorily imposed because of his impecunious condition.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“understanding, and not age, must determine whether any person tendered as a witness shall be sworn.”
1 later decision 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.