Supreme Court of Louisiana· 9/8/1981
State v. Mason
Citations
- 403 So. 2d 701
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- holding that acts of violence need not have been for the purpose of taking the property
- holding that acts of violence need not be for the purpose of taking property and that it is sufficient that the taking of a purse was accomplished as a result of earlier acts of pushing victim onto bed and pulling her clothes
- framing question as whether “the theft [was] accomplished as a result of the defendant’s prior acts of aggression”
- framing question as whether “the theft [was] accomplished as a result of the defendant’s prior acts of aggression”
- acts of violence or intimidation need not be done for the very purpose of taking the victim's property; rather, it is enough that he takes advantage of a situation which resulted from the prior use of force or intimidation; in that case, an aborted rape attempt
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Judges: Laborde
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25 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- State v. ThomasSupreme Court of Louisiana· 1984-02-27· cited 75×
- State v. DixonLouisiana Court of Appeal· 2005-03-15· cited 55×
- State v. PerryLouisiana Court of Appeal· 1993-01-20· cited 33×
- State v. MasonLouisiana Court of Appeal· 2011-01-11· cited 27×
- United States v. BrownFifth Circuit· 2006-01-19· cited 22×
- Chappell v. StateNevada Supreme Court· 1998-12-30· cited 22×
- State v. LoydLouisiana Court of Appeal· 2002-02-27· cited 17×
- State v. JohnsonSupreme Court of Louisiana· 1982-03-01· cited 17×
- State v. LewisLouisiana Court of Appeal· 2017-11-15· cited 16×
- State v. RubinLouisiana Court of Appeal· 2005-04-06· cited 11×
- State v. AlexanderLouisiana Court of Appeal· 2013-05-23· cited 11×
- United States v. Keith JamesFifth Circuit· 2020-02-18· cited 10×
- State v. DoanLouisiana Court of Appeal· 1987-12-30· cited 9×
- MYRON O. GRAY v. UNITED STATESDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals· 2017-03-16· cited 9×
- State v. JacksonLouisiana Court of Appeal· 1984-08-22· cited 7×
- State v. MartinLouisiana Court of Appeal· 2008-10-28· cited 6×
- State v. FlorantLouisiana Court of Appeal· 1992-06-30· cited 6×
- State v. JonesLouisiana Court of Appeal· 2000-07-25· cited 5×
- State v. RussellLouisiana Court of Appeal· 1992-10-15· cited 4×
- State v. GreenLouisiana Court of Appeal· 2017-05-03· cited 3×
Cites
5 cases in this archive are cited by this case.
- Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court· 1979-10-01· cited 79,490×
- State v. ByrdSupreme Court of Louisiana· 1980-06-23· cited 191×
- State v. RefugeSupreme Court of Louisiana· 1974-08-30· cited 53×
- State v. HarvestonSupreme Court of Louisiana· 1980-10-06· cited 46×
- State v. MorganSupreme Court of Louisiana· 1980-10-06· cited 41×
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