State v. Jackson’s Empirical Analysis
1990
Citation profile
4
cited by 4 later decisions
1
states following
November 2013
most recently cited
4 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Mahan & Rowsey, Inc. v. Oklahoma Natural Gas · Michelson v. United States · David W. McKay v. Texas · 304 So. 2d 300 - State v. Kaufman · 539 So. 2d 1235 - State v. Martin
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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Direct your sympathies to the people [defendant] could have sold that dosage unit [of heroin] to and direct your sympathies to 1;uPaul Landry for what he went through for those six months. The man sold heroin in the city of New Orleans. [Defense counsel] wants you to send a message. I would suggest you send the message to Melvin Jackson no more heroin on the streets of New Orleans, not by you. You are guilty, you are guilty as charged. You distributed heroin in the city of New Orleans, do not do it again, you will not do it again. I ask you to return a verdict of guilty as charged.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“Or how Officer Landry has cast that constitution to the wind. [Defense counsel] urges you to send a message, suggest that you send a message to the police department and to [the District Attorney] that this is not — you won’t— you won’t stand for this. I urge you to send another kind of message. I urge you to send a message to Mr. Jackson [sic] we won’t have this anymore in our neighborhoods. We won’t have this anymore right down the street from here, that’s the kind of message that I am urging you to send ....”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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