State v. Collins’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

14 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 14 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “The Sixth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution and article I, section 18(a) of the Missouri Constitution require that a criminal defendant be given notice of the charge or charges against him to allow him the opportunity to adequately prepare a defense. The charging instrument, the information or indictment, serves that purpose. Thus, as a general rule, due process mandates that a criminal defendant may not be convicted of an offense not expressly charged in the information or indictment.”

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

2. “[a] conviction based on an offense not properly charged in the charging instrument is a nullity, as the trial court acquires no jurisdiction over non-charged offenses.”

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

3. “did not involve the same criminal conduct”

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