State v. Ste. Marie’s Empirical Analysis
1997
Citation profile
6
cited by 6 later decisions
1
states following
April 2001
most recently cited
6 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 441 So. 2d 732 - State v. Lynch · State v. Madere · 594 So. 2d 1063 - State v. Lozado · 701 So. 2d 254 - State v. Deville
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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“171. Expeditious disposition; criminal cases involving minors A. Every criminal case prosecuted as provided for in Subsection B of this Section, which involves the abuse of a child, or unlawful sexual contact, or acts performed in the presence of, with, or upon a child under the age of seventeen shall be heard and disposed of as expeditiously as possible. The legislature hereby requests the supreme court to adopt emergency rules regarding the expeditious handling of matters enumerated in this Section. B. The following crimes require expeditious disposition: homicide (R.S. 14:29), first degree murder (R.S. 14:30), second degree murder (R.S. 14:30.1), manslaughter (R.S. 14:31), negligent homicide (R.S. 14:32), vehicular homicide (R.S. 14:32.1), battery (R.S. 14:33), aggravated battery (R.S. 14:34), second degree battery (R.S. 14:34.1), simple battery (R.S. 14:35), assault (R.S. 14:36), aggravated assault (R.S. 14:37), simple assault (R.S. 14:38), rape (R.S. 14:41), aggravated rape (R.S. 14:42), forcible rape (R.S. 14:42.1), simple rape (R.S. 14:43), sexual battery (R.S. 14:43.1), aggravated sexual battery (R.S. 14:43.2), oral sexual battery (R.S. 14:43.3), aggravated oral sexual battery (R.S. 14:43.4), aggravated kidnapping (R.S. 14:44), second degree kidnapping (R.S. 14:44.1), simple kidnapping (R.S. 14:45), interference with custody of a child (R.S. 14:45.1), false imprisonment (R.S. 14:46), false imprisonment while armed with a dangerous weapon (R.S. 14:46.1), criminal negle”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“the goal of La.R.S. 15:171 was to protect the victim of child sexual abuse by `fast tracking' the litigation. To release the defendant in this case would defeat that goal by injuring the very class of individuals the statute was designed to protect.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent“[T]he statute provides no penalty for failure to comply. It was not placed in Title XVII of the Louisiana Code of Criminal Procedure, which addresses time limitations for the benefit of a defendant. Rather, it was placed in a special time-limitation section of Title 15 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes which heretofore was left blank. .... [The] absence of a penalty makes the entire statute ambiguous as to its intent.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
How this case has been treated — in progress
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