State v. Woods’s Empirical Analysis

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33 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 33 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Both the Louisiana and United States Constitutions prohibit placing a person twice in jeopardy of life or limb for the same offense. United States Constitution, Amendment 5; Louisiana Constitution of 1974, Art. 1, Sect. 15; see also C.Cr.P. art. 596. In Blockburger v. United States, 248 U.S. 299 , 52 S.Ct. 180 (1932), the United States Supreme Court held that where the same act or transaction constitutes a violation of two distinct statutory provisions, the test to be applied to determine whether there are two offenses or only one is whether each provision requires proof of an additional fact which the other does not. This test was affirmed by the Court in United States v. Dixon, 509 U.S. 688 , 113 S.Ct. 2849 , 125 L.Ed.2d 556 (1993). Additionally, Louisiana applies the "same evidence" test, a "broader test" than the federal Blockburger test. State v. Steele, 387 So.2d 1175 (1980); State v. Roy Warner,[ (La.App.4th Cir. 1995), 653 So.2d 57 ] supra ; State v. Smith, 94-0621 (La.App.4 Cir. 12/15/94), 647 So.2d 1321 ; State v. Williams, 92-2080 (La. App. 4 Cir. 12/15/94), 647 So.2d 1244 . In order for double jeopardy to occur, the evidence required to support a finding of guilt of one crime must also support conviction of the other, and a defendant can be placed in jeopardy for only one. The test depends on the evidence necessary for conviction, not all the evidence introduced at trial.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 737 So. 2d 872 - State v. Skipper · 756 So. 2d 587 - State v. Ballett