899 So. 2d 166 - State v. Loyden’s Empirical Analysis

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

1. “[W]e find that the sentences imposed for the defendant’s two aggravated rape convictions in this case are illegally lenient, because the trial court did not indicate that they were to be served at hard labor.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 58 So. 3d 637 - State v. Dorsey · 91 So. 3d 573 - State v. Celestine

2. “1 i2The Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution and Article I, § 16 of the Louisiana Constitution guarantee an accused in a criminal prosecution the right to be confronted with the witnesses against him. The primary purpose behind this right is to secure for the defendant the opportunity for cross-examination. Davis v. Alaska, 415 U.S. 308 , 94 S.Ct. 1105 , 39 L.Ed.2d 347 (1974). Cross-examination is the principal means by which the believability of a witness and the truth of his testimony are tested. State v. Hillard, 398 So.2d 1057, 1059 (La.1981). An accused also has a constitutional right to present a defense. Washington v. Texas, 388 U.S. 14, 19 , 87 S.Ct. 1920, 1923 , 18 L.Ed.2d 1019 (1967). As a general rule, a party may attack the credibility of a witness by examining him or her concerning any matter having a reasonable tendency to disprove the truthfulness of his or her testimony. LSA-C.E. art. 607(C). The right of an accused sex offender to present a defense is, however, balanced against the victim’s interests under LSA-C.E. art. 412, which is meant to protect the victim of sexual assault from having her sexual history made public.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 87 So. 3d 306 - State v. Pitts · 965 So. 2d 642 - State v. Delaney

3. “I will re-sentence him to twenty years in prison. Eight years to be served without the benefit of probation, parole, or suspension of sentence.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 941 So. 2d 720 - State v. Morain