State v. Foster’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

12 state decisions

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

1. “On July 20, 1992, at approximately 12:30 a.m., a man wearing a ski mask and gloves robbed the Exacta Inn Motel in Minden, Louisiana, at gunpoint. At the time, Walter Kilgore was on duty as the motel’s night manager. After forcing Kilgore to give him money from the cash register, the man forced Kilgore to leave the motel with him and walk toward Interstate 20. After they walked a short distance, the man released Kil-gore. Kilgore then walked back to the motel, called the police, and gave them a description of his assailant. |sWithin minutes after Kilgore called the police, Officers Hank Haynes and Harold Robinson arrived at the scene. They immediately began searching the area, and Officer Robinson noticed a man fitting the robber’s description walking across Highway 7. The two officers then drove toward the man, and, as he began fleeing across a field, they ordered him to stop. They shined bright lights on him, and, as he crossed a fence to escape into some woods, he looked back at the officers. He was not wearing a ski mask, and Officer Robinson saw his face. Once he disappeared into the woods, Officers Haynes and Robinson waited for a team of bloodhounds before beginning a manhunt. At approximately 5:45 a.m. that same morning, Delbert McCrary was parked in Hamburger Happiness’ parking lot which is located in Dixie Inn, Webster Parish, Louisiana, approximately three miles from the Exacta Inn Motel. McCrary was sitting in the driver’s seat of his truck waiting for his car pool”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Foster v. State

2. “A. Upon written demand of the district attorney stating the time, date, and place at which the alleged offense was committed, the defendant shall serve within ten days, or at such different time as the court may direct, upon the district attorney a written notice of his intention to offer a defense of alibi. Such notice by the defendant shall state the specific place or places at which the defendant claims to have been at the time of the alleged offense and the names and addresses of the witnesses upon whom he intends to rely to establish such alibi. B. Within ten days thereafter, but in no event less than ten days before trial, unless the court otherwise directs, the district attorney shall serve upon the defendant or his attorney a written notice stating the names and addresses of the witnesses upon whom the state intends to rely to establish the defendant's presence at the scene of the alleged offense and any other witnesses to be relied on to rebut testimony of any of the defendant's alibi witnesses. . . . . D. Upon the failure of either party to comply with the requirements of this rule, the court may exclude the testimony of any undisclosed witness offered by such party as to the defendant's absence from or presence at, the scene of the alleged offense. This rule shall not limit the right of the defendant to testify in his own behalf. E. For good cause shown, the court may grant an exception to any of the requirements of Subsections A through D of this Section.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 681 So. 2d 994 - State v. Rogers

3. “The fact of an intoxicated or drugged condition of the offender at the time of the commission of the crime is immaterial, except as follows: (1) Where the production of the intoxicated or drugged condition has been involuntary, and the circumstances indicate this condition is the direct cause of the commission of the crime, the offender is exempt from criminal responsibility. (2) Where the circumstances indicate that an intoxicated or drugged condition has precluded the presence of a specific criminal intent or of special knowledge required in a particular crime, this fact constitutes a defense to a prosecution for that crime.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 772 So. 2d 740 - State v. Keating