State v. Ogden’s Empirical Analysis
1994
Citation profile
227 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 229 later decisions — most recently September 2022 · most notably State v. Rowell (1995), State v. Davis (2003)
227 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on Bordenkircher v. Hayes · Wayte v. United States · Lockhart v. McCree · McKoy v. North Carolina · Texas v. Louisiana
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 229 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“criminal statutes should be interpreted in the defendant's favor when insurmountable ambiguity persists regarding the intended scope of a criminal statute.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence“In the Section 31-1-2 definition, “by virtue of their office” grammatically modifies “are vested by law.” This shows the fallacy of the district court’s conclusion that “vested by law” requires formal, specific legislative action. Under this definition, the fact that CSOs hold their public employment is what vests them by law with the duty to maintain public order. There is no need for specific legislation stating that the CSOs are vested by law to maintain public order. Such a judicial construction employs an artificial and unduly narrow definition of the term “vested by law,” and it incorrectly deprives the legislature of the ability to enact broad, general statutes. Instead, ‘‘vested by law” should be read to mean “empowered by the sovereign authority of the government. ” This interpretation is much more natural.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence“[a] defendant who has been notified that the State will seek the death penalty may move to dismiss an aggravating circumstance before trial.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.