State v. Collor’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

18 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 18 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “(1) A homicide which would be murder under either Article 30 (first degree murder) or Article 30.1 (second degree murder), but the offense is committed in sudden passion or heat of blood immediately caused by provocation sufficient to deprive an average person of his self control and cool reflection. Provocation shall not reduce a homicide to manslaughter if the jury finds that the offender's blood had actually cooled, or that an average person's blood would have cooled, at the time the offense was committed.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 76 So. 3d 55 - State v. Parker · 925 So. 2d 567 - State v. Williams

2. “Thus, in reviewing defendant's claim that the evidence supports a manslaughter verdict, this Court must determine whether a rational trier of fact, viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to the prosecution, could have found that the mitigating factors were not established by a preponderance of the evidence. State v. Sanders, 93-0001, p. 18-19 (La.11/30/94), 648 So.2d 1272, 1287 , cert. denied 517 U.S. 1246 , 116 S.Ct. 2504 , 135 L.Ed.2d 194 (1996).”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 76 So. 3d 55 - State v. Parker · 925 So. 2d 567 - State v. Williams

3. “`when the duty to reach a verdict is coupled with an admonition by the trial judge that those in the minority should rethink their position, there exists an almost overwhelming pressure to conform to the majority's view. (Citation omitted).'”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Bradley · 792 So. 2d 875 - State v. Alvarez