State v. Thompson’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

29 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 29 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “The analysis may be further broken down into the component parts of the trial court decision. “When a trial court makes findings of fact based on the weight of the testimony and the credibility of the witnesses, a reviewing court owes those findings great deference, and may not overturn those findings unless there is no evidence to support those findings.” Wells , 2008-2262, p. 4; 45 So.3d at 580 ; State v. Hunt, 2009-1589, p. 6 (La.12/1/09); 25 So.3d 746, 751 . Legal findings or conclusions of the trial court are reviewed de novo. Id.; State ex rel. Thibodeaux v. State, 2001-2510, p. 1 (La.3/8/02); 811 So.2d 875 .”

   6 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Lockett · 223 So. 3d 573 - State v. Cooper

2. “We' do not find that the nature of the investigatory stop was turned into an arrest when [the officer] read the detained men their constitutional rights. [The officer] testified the standard operating procedure was to Mirandize all persons detained or arrested. We find this procedure comports with La. Const, art. 1, § 13. In addition, we cannot fault the officer for providing Thompson with greater protection than he might otherwise have had in an investigatory stop.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 209 So. 3d 150 - State v. Flournoy · 187 So. 3d 24 - State v. Lewis

3. “Here, the officers were simultaneously exercising two narcotics search warrants, a type of investigation known to endanger officers with the possibility of sudden violence. A neutral and detached magistrate had already found probable cause of criminal activity in the area and authorized warrants to search. Agent Parker’s role in the encounter was to protect the entry teams from harm and to prevent individuals from running away. Moreover, the experienced officers were aware that seemingly innocent individuals in the location of narcotics dealing may nevertheless be connected to that criminal activity, acting in the form of lookouts. A police officer observing Thompson’s movements of leaving his motel room ... at the moment the officers arrived, walking in the direction of Room 31 (a target of the search warrants), and standing in or leaning in the room where he admitted he knew the occupants, could reasonably lead the officers to conclude that Thompson was somehow connected to the narcotics activity under investigation.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 101 So. 3d 515 - State v. Gray