582 So. 2d 973 - State v. Jones’s Empirical Analysis
1991
Citation profile
2
cited by 2 later decisions
2
states following
January 1993
most recently cited
2 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Cage v. Louisiana · 554 So. 2d 39 - State v. Cage · 410 So. 2d 224 - State v. Taylor · 446 So. 2d 293 - State v. Clark · 516 So. 2d 184 - State v. Holmes
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 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“: Even where the evidence demonstrates a probability of guilty, if it does not establish it beyond a reasonable doubt, you must acquit the accused. A reasonable doubt is not a mere possible doubt, it should be an actual or substantial doubt, such a doubt as a reasonable person would seriously entertain. It is a serious doubt for which you could give a good reason. State v. Jones, 582 So.2d 973, 975 (La.App. 4th Cir.1991). In approving this language, the Jones court noted that,”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. State v. Daniels“[b]because the present jury charge does not contain two of the three phrases condemned by the United States Supreme Court, Cage v. Louisiana does not control the present case.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. State v. Daniels
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.