State v. Beckwith’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

27 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 27 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““It is the constitutional right of all persons accused of crime to know without going beyond the record the nature and cause of the accusation and to insist that the facts alleged to constitute a crime shall be stated in the complaint or indictment with that reasonable degree of fullness, certainty and precision requisite to enable them to meet the exact charge against them and to plead any judgment which may be rendered upon it in bar of a subsequent prosecution for the same offense. In criminal prosecutions, the description of the offense in the complaint or indictment must be certain, positive and complete. State v. Strout, 132 Me., 134, 167 A. 859 ; State v. Crouse, 117 Me., 363, 104 A., 525 ; State v. Mace, 76 Me., 64; State v. Learned, 47 Me. 426 ; State v. Moran, 40 Me., 129; Const, of Maine, Art. 1, Sec. 6.””

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Bellmore · Smith v. State

2. ““dwelling house . . . belonging wholly or in part to himself, his wife or to another” (emphasis supplied),”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Denis