683 So. 2d 1335 - State v. Roberts’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

5 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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “makes no measurable contribution to acceptable penal goals and, therefore, constitutes nothing more than a needless imposition of pain and suffering.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. West · 815 So. 2d 1028 - State v. DEBECHE

2. “On June 10,1992, the New Iberia Police Department was involved in an undercover narcotics operation. The target group for this particular operation was street level dealers within New Iberia. In the instant case, Detective Arthur Welch, an undercover narcotics agent with the St. Mary Parish Sheriffs Office, and a confidential informant were working together in a vehicle when they spotted Defendant driving his truck. They flagged the Defendant down. He stopped his truck and walked over to the undercover vehicle where he distributed one rock of crack cocaine to Officer Welch. Officer Welch was wired with a wireless body wire and there was a resultant audio tape of the entire transaction. Also, two other police officers drove by the distribution scene and videotaped the Defendant and his vehicle. The Defendant was arrested at a later date.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 704 So. 2d 368 - State v. Roberts