State v. Henderson’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

10 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 11 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “"[T]he `special costs' assessed convicted DWI first offenders under La.Code Crim. Pro.Ann. art. 887(C) and (D) and the `reinstatement fee' required by La.Rev.Stat. Ann. 32:414(G) are simply costs, and not fines. Thus they should not be added to the authorized $500 fine under La.Rev. Stat.Ann. 14:98 so as to trigger La.Code Crim.Pro.Ann. art. 779(A)'s right to trial by jury where `punishment may be a fine in excess of $500.'"”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Washington · 498 So. 2d 136 - State v. Washington

2. “in which the punishment may be confinement at hard labor or confinement without hard labor for more than six months.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Landry v. Hoepfner

3. “in which the punishment is necessarily confinement at hard labor,”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Landry v. Hoepfner