718 So. 2d 569 - State v. Riggins’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

8 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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “1. The proximity of the police in relation to the defendant at the outset of the encounter; 2. Whether the individual has been surrounded by the police; 3. Whether the police approached the individual with their weapons drawn; 4. Whether the police and/or the individual are on foot or in motorized vehicles during the encounter; 5. The location and characteristics of the area where the encounter takes place; 6. The number of police officers involved in the encounter.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 877 So. 2d 1151 - State v. Mitchell · 866 So. 2d 965 - State v. Massey

2. “... defendant was not properly advised of his right to remain silent before he stipulated that he was a second felony offender. Our jurisprudence has consistently held that in a habitual offender proceeding, a trial court must advise a defendant of his rights to a hearing, at which the State is required to prove the allegation of the multiple bill, and of the right to remain silent. State v. Johnson, 432 So.2d 815 (La.1983).”

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