State v. Hitchcock’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

8 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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “a defendant's right to be informed of the nature and cause of the accusation can be deemed satisfied if the record 'clearly demonstrate[s] the defendant's actual knowledge' of the charges against him or her.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. Tominiko · State v. Shaw

2. “in determining whether the accused's right to be informed of the nature and cause of the accusation against him or her has been violated, we must look to all of the information supplied to him or her by the State to the point where the court passes upon the contention that the right has been violated.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. Salvas

3. “if a defendant actually knows the charges against him or her, that defendant's constitutional right to be informed of the nature and cause of the accusation is satisfied[.]”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. Tominiko