Alderman v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

4 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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““It is our conclusion that the intended information does not, by apt language, allege the commission of acts which constitutes the misdemeanor of selling lottery tickets and that the trial judge was in error when he instructed the jury to the contrary.” Alderman v. State, supra, 167 So.2d at 637 .”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 255 So. 2d 567 - Fernandez v. State

2. “interested in and connected with a lottery ... in that she received and collected money and records of the sale of chances on a lottery for money.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 270 So. 2d 353 - State v. Anderson

3. “put the defendant on notice that she was subject to being convicted of the offense of selling”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 270 So. 2d 353 - State v. Anderson