Supreme Court of Louisiana· 2/18/1974
State v. Peterson
Citations
- 290 So. 2d 307
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- “the presence of passion is not an additional element of the crime of manslaughter; rather, it is a factor which exhibits a degree of culpability less than that present when the homicide is committed without passion caused by provocation”
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Judges: Barham
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71 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- State v. LombardSupreme Court of Louisiana· 1986-03-31· cited 253×
- State Ex Rel. Elaire v. BlackburnSupreme Court of Louisiana· 1982-11-29· cited 236×
- State v. HaleyLouisiana Court of Appeal· 2004-04-22· cited 190×
- State v. TompkinsSupreme Court of Louisiana· 1981-06-22· cited 138×
- State v. JeffriesSupreme Court of Iowa· 1988-10-19· cited 129×
- State v. VaccaroSupreme Court of Louisiana· 1982-03-01· cited 118×
- Haygood v. StateSupreme Court of Florida· 2013-02-14· cited 89×
- State v. BrumfieldLouisiana Court of Appeal· 1994-06-15· cited 62×
- State v. McAllisterSupreme Court of Louisiana· 1978-12-15· cited 53×
- State v. DaySupreme Court of Louisiana· 1980-12-15· cited 48×
- State v. DauzatSupreme Court of Louisiana· 1980-12-15· cited 38×
- State v. TempleSupreme Court of Louisiana· 1981-01-26· cited 37×
- State v. JettonLouisiana Court of Appeal· 2000-04-05· cited 34×
- State v. FreemanLouisiana Court of Appeal· 1984-03-07· cited 34×
- State v. BookerSupreme Court of Louisiana· 1980-07-07· cited 34×
- State v. DozierLouisiana Court of Appeal· 1989-11-16· cited 32×
- State v. DillLouisiana Court of Appeal· 1984-12-11· cited 20×
- State v. HeadsSupreme Court of Louisiana· 1979-04-10· cited 19×
- State v. PernellLouisiana Court of Appeal· 2013-10-02· cited 19×
- State v. MurrayLouisiana Court of Appeal· 2015-01-14· cited 19×
Cites
5 cases in this archive are cited by this case.
- State v. TrujilloNew Mexico Court of Appeals· 1973-05-16· cited 47×
- State v. CooleySupreme Court of Louisiana· 1972-01-17· cited 41×
- People v. PeeryAppellate Court of Illinois· 1973-04-26· cited 12×
- State v. ClaytonSupreme Court of Louisiana· 1959-03-23· cited 7×
- State v. PostellCourt of Appeals of Arizona· 1973-06-12· cited 4×
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