State v. Lee’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 19 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Precedent exists for upholding victim cases where the State does not call the victim to testify. In State v. Preston, 98-0180 (La.App. 4 Cir. 11/10/99) , 752 So.2d 211 , this Court found sufficient evidence to sustain a conviction for first degree robbery despite the State's failure to call the robbery victim as a witness at trial. The Preston panel cited the defendant's confession to the crime. Id. at 216. See also State v. Guillot, 526 So.2d 352 (La.App. 4 Cir.1988) (upholding a conviction for aggravated battery where the victim failed to testify at trial).”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 947 So. 2d 127 - State v. Rideau

2. “no rule [that] requires the State to establish the corpus delicti by no other means than through the testimony of the victim of the crime.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 887 So. 2d 589 - State v. Taylor

3. “Sir, do you understand you have a right to trial by judge or jury?”

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