State v. Jones’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. “However, an accused who commits separate and distinct offenses during the same criminal episode or transaction may be prosecuted and convicted for each offense without violating the principle of double jeopardy. State v. Nichols, 337 So.2d 1074 (La.1976). Louisiana has not adopted a "same transaction" test which would prohibit, on double jeopardy grounds, prosecutions for different crimes committed during one sequential, continuing course of conduct. City of Baton Rouge v. Jackson, 310 So.2d 596 (La.1975).”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 924 So. 2d 1159 - State v. Williams

2. “Pursuant to La.Code Crim.P. art. 930.8, the prescriptive period for filing post-conviction relief ... begins to run when the judgment of conviction and sentence become final.”

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