Butler v. United States’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

41 federal appellate · 2 district · 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 54 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “"* * * [w]here the time is not an essential element of the offense, it is sufficient to charge facts which show that the offense was committed. * * *" Id., at 562 .”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Stewart v. State · 260 F. Supp. 784 - United States v. Menk

2. ““The charge in each of the counts, while necessarily general in its terms, clearly defines the nature of the offense, the approximate time when it was committed, and the place where committed. If a second prosecution were attempted, the entire record, including all of the testimony as well as the pleadings, would be available to him to protect himself from such a prosecution.” Id. at 563 .”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 260 F. Supp. 784 - United States v. Menk

3. “[An information is sufficient if] the nature of the offense, the place where it is alleged offenses were committed, the period of time covered thereby, as well as the specific statutes which it was claimed appellant violated, are specifically set out. * * *”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Stewart v. State