580 So. 2d 448 - State v. Williams’s Empirical Analysis
1991
Citation profile
16 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 16 later decisions — most recently April 2013
16 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 Jackson v. Virginia · 523 So. 2d 1305 - State v. Mussall · Bourns, Inc. v. Allen-Bradley Co. · 349 So. 2d 311 - State v. Anderson · 529 So. 2d 14 - State v. DiLosa
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 16 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“In determining whether convictions are applicable for purposes of the habitual offender statute, LSA-R.S. 15:529.1(C) provides: "This Section shall not be applicable in cases where more than five years have elapsed since the expiration of the maximum sentence, or sentences, of the previous conviction, or convictions, and the time of the commission of the last felony for which he has been convicted. In computing the period of time as provided herein, any period of servitude by a person in a penal institution, within or without the state, shall not be included in the computation of any of said five year periods." Maximum sentence in this statute means the actual term of supervision so that the five year period begins from the date of defendant's actual discharge. State v. Anderson, 349 So.2d 311 (La. 1977); State v. Wright, 509 So.2d 784 (La.App. 5th Cir.1987). Defendant's prior convictions occurred in 1983, 1984 and 1987. On April 28, 1983, defendant pled guilty to theft of merchandise valued at $107.99 and was sentenced to six (6) months in prison with credit for time served. (State's exhibit 5). On September 16, 1983, defendant pled guilty to theft of merchandise valued at $56.94 and was sentenced to ninety (90) days in prison with credit for time served. (State's exhibit 4). On May 24, 1984, defendant pled guilty to R.S. 14:67, theft of less that $500.00 and was sentenced to six (6) months in prison with credit for time served. (State's exhibit 7). On March 19, 1987, defend”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage
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