924 So. 2d 1146 - State v. Thomas’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

15 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 15 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “In all cases in which the court finds an actual pecuniary loss to a victim, or in any case where the court finds that costs have been incurred by the victim in connection with a criminal prosecution, the trial court shall order the defendant to provide restitution to the victim as a part of any sentence that the court shall impose.”

   6 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 11 So. 3d 1215 - State v. Granger · 11 So. 3d 666 - State v. Granger

2. “Louisiana Code of Criminal Procedure Article 835 provides for the Defendant’s presence when sentence is pronounced: In felony cases the defendant shall always be present when sentence is pronounced.... If a sentence is improperly pronounced in the defendant’s absence, he shall be resen-tenced when his presence is secured. The imposition of restitution is considered a part of the defendant’s sentence, for which the defendant must be present. State v. Fortier, 03-882 (La.App. 5 Cir. 11/25/03) , 862 So.2d 170 . See also State v. Boudreaux, 98-1932 (La.App. 3 Cir. 6/16/99) , 741 So.2d 860 .”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 11 So. 3d 1215 - State v. Granger · 11 So. 3d 666 - State v. Granger

3. “1) $125.00 restitution to Mr. Levine to be paid over the duration of the supervised probation. 2) A $1,000.00 fine and court costs on each count, to be paid over the period of probation on a schedule worked out by Probation and Parole and approved by the Court before implementation. 3) A $150.00 reimbursement to the Indigent Defender Board to be spread out over the 48 months of supervised probation.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 949 So. 2d 597 - State v. Stevens · 941 So. 2d 686 - State v. JM