State v. Howard’s Empirical Analysis
1987
Citation profile
5
cited by 5 later decisions
1
states following
October 1994
most recently cited
5 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Delaware v. Van Arsdall · Davis v. Alaska · Pointer v. Texas · Bowsher v. Merck & Co. · 484 So. 2d 122 - State v. Fraser
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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“"Res gestae doctrine in Louisiana is broad and includes not only spontaneous utterances and declarations made before and after commission of crime but also includes testimony of witnesses and police officers pertaining to what they heard or observed before, during, or after the commission of the crime if the continuous chain of events is evident under the circumstances. La.R.S. 15:447 and 448;"”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Baker
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.