156 Ind. App. 291 - Mentzer v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

9 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 9 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““It has been held that if an amendment is of the essence of the offense charged and alters the information in a material respect, or affects the substantial rights of the defendant, or if a defense under the information as originally written would not be equally available after the amendment has been made, or if any evidence the accused might have would not be equally applicable to the information as amended, the amendment is one of substance, not form, and is not permitted over objection after the defendant has entered his plea.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 181 Ind. App. 687 - Evans v. State

2. ““That on or about the 4th day of September, A.D., 1978, at the County of Allen and in the State of Indiana, said Defendant, Joretta Addis did knowingly confine Louis E. Rowland, age 10, and Michelle Rowland age 8, without their consent or the consent of Louis V. Rowland, the parent who has the legal custody of said children, by refusing to return said children to said parent with custody after expiration of the September 3, 1978, visitation period, . . ” (emphasis added)”

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