874 So. 2d 66 - State v. Robinson’s Empirical Analysis

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104 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 105 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “assuming every fact to be proved that the evidence tends to prove, in order to convict, it must exclude every reasonable hypothesis of innocence.”

   7 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 897 So. 2d 854 - State v. Hopkins · 893 So. 2d 1009 - State v. Pitre

2. “[i]n the absence of internal contradiction or irreconcilable conflict with physical evidence, one witness' testimony, if believed by the trier of fact, is sufficient support for a requisite factual conclusion.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State ex rel. D.J.S. · State v. Thomas

3. “In his fourteenth assignment of error, defendant contends that the admission of photographs from the murder scene was more prejudicial than probative, and therefore violated his right to a fair trial. We disagree, and find that the trial court’s decision to admit the crime scene photographs did not violate defendant’s right to a fair trial because the photographs possessed probative value, and further, the contents were not so gruesome as to overwhelm the jury and cause them to convict based on insufficient evidence. This Court held in State v. Letulier, that even where the cause of death is not at issue, the State is entitled to the moral force of its evidence. State v. Letulier, 97-1360, (La.7/8/98), 750 So.2d 784, 795 . Therefore, postmortem photographs of murder victims are admissible to prove corpus delicti, to corroborate other evidence establishing cause of death, location, placement of wounds, as well as to provide positive identification of the victim. Id. In Letulier , the defendant stabbed an elderly man to death, robbed him of his social security income, and dumped his body in a local levee. Id. at 787 . The State introduced pictures of the victim during the testimony of his daughter for identification purposes, as well as during the testimony of Det. Scott Haydel, a detective with the St. Martin Sheriffs Office, to explain the condition of the body when it was found. Id. at 795 . Photographic evidence will be admitted unless it is so gruesome as to overwhelm the ”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 101 So. 3d 1132 - State v. Conway · 969 So. 2d 694 - State v. Smith