State v. Walters’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

27 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 27 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “If you believe that any witness in the case has willfully and deliberately testified falsely to any material fact, then I charge you that you are justified in disregarding the entire testimony of such a witness, if there be one, as proving nothing and as unworthy of belief. To state this rule another way, you as jurors have the right to accept as true, or reject as untrue, the testimony of any witness.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Wilson · State v. ML JR.

2. “|2(i) A narrative description of the alleged offense. (ii) The name and identification of each person charged with or arrested for the alleged offense. (iii) The time and date of the alleged offense. (iv) The location of the alleged offense. (v) The property involved. (vii) The names of investigating officers.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 704 So. 2d 977 - State v. Washington · 683 So. 2d 1378 - State v. Meyers

3. “When a conviction is based upon both direct and circumstantial evidence, and the trial court has not adequately instructed the jury on the standard for circumstantial evidence, an appellate court must review the sufficiency of the evidence under the standard enunciated in Jackson v. Virginia, 443 U.S. 307 , 99 S.Ct. 2781 , 61 L.Ed.2d 560 (1979). The reviewing court must resolve any conflict in the direct evidence in the light most favorable to the prosecution. The conviction should be affirmed if there are facts established by the direct evidence, and inferred from the circumstantial evidence, sufficient for a rational trier of fact to find the defendant guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. State v. Davis, 562 So.2d 1173 (La.App. 4th Cir. 1990); State v. Bacot, 551 So.2d 29 (La. App. 4th Cir.1989). The trial court gave no jury instructions regarding circumstantial evidence even though there was both direct and circumstantial evidence presented. The trial court erred in failing to give a jury charge on circumstantial evidence. However, even though the trial court's failure to do so was erroneous, it does not constitute reversible error if there is sufficient evidence to support the conviction. Davis, supra . Armed robbery is the taking of anything of value which belongs to another from his person or is in his immediate control through the use of force or intimidation and while armed with a dangerous weapon. La.R.S. 14:64. Attempted armed robbery requires specific intent to commit”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 670 So. 2d 588 - State v. Phillips