928 So. 2d 534 - State v. Knott’s Empirical Analysis

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12 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 12 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[a]n irregularity or error cannot be availed of after verdict unless it was objected to at the time of occurrence.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. State v. Ruiz · 182 So. 3d 251 - State v. Jones

2. “Louisiana's contemporaneous objection rule provides generally that "[a]n irregularity or error cannot be availed of after verdict unless it was objected to at the time of occurrence." See State v. Thomas, 427 So.2d 428, 433 (La.1982)(on rehearing) ("The contemporaneous objection rule has two purposes: (1) to put the trial judge on notice of the alleged irregularity so that he may cure the problem and (2) to prevent a defendant from gambling for a favorable verdict and then resorting to appeal on errors that might easily have been corrected by objection.").”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. 954 So. 2d 823 - State v. Grant

3. “quashing the time-barred count and, in effect, severing that count from trial of the remaining charges.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. 993 So. 2d 663 - State v. Odom