State v. Frazier’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

6 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 10 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““All that the section of the Revised Statutes quoted supra * does is to sanction an amicable séttlement of assault and battery and misdemeanor cases, and to authorize the prosecuting officer to enter a nolle prosequi. There is no mandate to him to discontinue the prosecution on the demand of the party or, parties who originated the same. All through the section is plainly discernible the intention that much is to be left to his discretion in such matters. “If, in his wisdom, having due regard to the responsible trust committed to his-hands, he thinks the ends of public justice may not suffer by reason thereof, he is empowered to acquiesce in the settlement made by the parties concerned and discontinue the prosecution. On the other hand, if he think otherwise, and that the case is one where the party charged with the offense should be held amenable to the law, he has the discretion vested in him to decline the settlement made ex cathedra and proceed with the prosecution.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Guidry v. Savoie

2. ““In all cases of an assault and battery, and misdemeanors, when the parties compromise, and the prosecution is withdrawn, no charge shall be brought against the parish; the parties compromising shall pay all costs in such eases; it shall be lawful for the Attorney General, district attorney* or district attorney pro tempore to enter a nolle prosequi.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Guidry v. Savoie