State v. Alston’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

2 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 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “The long form information ... provided the defendant with the exact section and subsection of the statute under which he was charged.... Because the information was adequate, we conclude that the trial court had jurisdiction over this matter.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Reynolds v. Commissioner of Correction

2. “an information that states the exact section and subsection of the statute under which a defendant is charged, as well as the time and place of the alleged unlawful event, is sufficient to charge a defendant with such offense”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Reynolds v. Commissioner of Correction

3. “[i]t is settled law that the original information, because it set forth by name and statutory reference the crime with which the defendant was charged, was sufficient to invoke the jurisdiction of the court”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Reynolds v. Commissioner of Correction