82 So. 3d 1239 - State v. Cook’s Empirical Analysis

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5 state decisions

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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. “Writ granted. The decision of the court of appeal is reversed in part, and the trial court's adjudication and sentencing of defendant as a habitual offender are reinstated. The requirements of R.S. 15:529.1(D)(1)(a) that the court inform a defendant of the allegations in a habitual offender bill of information, and of his right "to be tried as to the truth thereof according to law," should not serve as technical traps for an unwary but otherwise conscientious judge.... It therefore appears that defendant was fully informed of the allegations in the habitual offender bill and of his right to contest those allegations, with a correlative right to remain silent at the hearing, that he thereafter voluntarily stipulated to the habitual offender allegations after conferring with counsel, and that the trial court adjudicated him a habitual offender on the basis of not only his stipulation but also the documentary evidence introduced by the state at the hearing. Defendant's interests were fully protected and any technical non-compliance with the statutory directives in R.S. 15:529.1(D)(1)(a) was harmless. See State v. Brown , 11-1656 (La. 2/10/12), 82 So.3d 1232 .”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 261 So. 3d 813 - State v. Dubroc · 261 So. 3d 832 - State v. Dubroc

2. “to be tried as to the truth thereof according to law,”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 261 So. 3d 813 - State v. Dubroc · 261 So. 3d 832 - State v. Dubroc