State v. Stanley’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

10 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 10 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “The state must prove that the offender induced a subjective belief in the victim that he was armed with a dangerous weapon and that the victim's belief was objectively reasonable under the circumstances. The statute thus excludes unreasonable panic reactions by the victim, but otherwise allows the victim's subjective beliefs to determine whether the offender committed first degree robbery or the lesser offense of simple robbery (La.R.S.14:65).... Direct testimony by the victim that he believed the Defendant was armed, or circumstantial inferences arising from the victim's immediate surrender of his personal possessions in response to the Defendant's threats, may support a conviction for first degree robbery. (Citations omitted)”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 809 So. 2d 1056 - State v. Aleman

2. “A. First degree robbery is the taking of anything of value belonging to another from the person of another, or that is in the immediate control of another, by use of force or intimidation, when the offender leads the victim to reasonably believe he is armed with a dangerous weapon.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 809 So. 2d 1056 - State v. Aleman

3. “defendant cannot appeal or seek review of a sentence imposed in conformity with a plea agreement which was set forth in the record at the time of the plea.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 789 So. 2d 766 - State v. Wilson