State v. Ceaser’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

14 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. “However, that right is only available where the arrest is illegal and is tempered by the requirement that in preventing such illegal restraint of his liberty, he may use only 'such force as may be necessary.' " Id. (citations omitted). Defendant contends that he was simply resisting an illegal arrest because no reasonable suspicion existed for Officer Stanford to stop him. To the contrary, La.Code Crim.P. art. 215.1 provides, in pertinent part, "A law enforcement officer may stop a person in a public place whom he reasonably suspects is committing, has committed, or is about to commit an offense and may demand of him his name, address, and an explanation of his actions.”

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

2. “No person shall without authority go into or upon or remain in or upon or attempt to go into or upon or remain in or upon any structure, watercraft, or any other movable, or immovable property, which belongs to another, including public buildings and structures, ferries, and bridges, or any part, portion, or area thereof, after having been forbidden to do so, either orally or in writing ... by any owner, lessee, or custodian of the property or by any other authorized person. 8”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. 394 F. App'x 124 - Hodge v. East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff's Office

3. “Resisting an officer is the intentional interference with, opposition or resistance to, or obstruction of an individual acting in his official capacity and authorized by law to make a lawful arrest, lawful detention, or seizure of property or to serve any lawful process or court order when the offender knows or has reason to know that the person arresting, detaining, seizing property, or serving process is acting in his official capacity.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. 63 So. 3d 1133 - State Ex Rel. Cj