844 So. 2d 119 - State v. Smith’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

17 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 17 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “A failure to arraign the defendant or the fact that he did not plead, is waived if the defendant enters upon the trial without objecting thereto, and it shall be considered as if he had pleaded not guilty.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Williams · 902 So. 2d 451 - State v. Fleming

2. “that state of mind which exists when the circumstances indicate that the offender actively desired the prescribed criminal consequences to follow his act or failure to act.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 930 So. 2d 44 - State v. Arceneaux · 983 So. 2d 148 - State v. Arceneaux

3. “the unauthorized entering of any dwelling, vehicle, watercraft, or other structure, movable or immovable . . . with the intent to commit a felony or any theft therein[.]”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 930 So. 2d 44 - State v. Arceneaux · 983 So. 2d 148 - State v. Arceneaux