State v. Graham’s Empirical Analysis
2006
Citation profile
20
cited by 20 later decisions
1
states following
March 2019
most recently cited
19 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Toussie v. United States · State v. Naylor · State v. Rowe · Garrett v. State · J.S. v. Beaird
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 20 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Under the rule of lenity, an ambiguity in a penal statute will be construed against the government or party seeking to exact statutory penalties and in favor of persons on whom such penalties are sought to be imposed.” State v. Graham, 204 S.W.3d 655, 656 (Mo.banc 2006). Because the phrase”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“'[t]he primary rule of statutory interpretation is to effectuate legislative intent through reference to the plain and ordinary meaning of the statutory language.'”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.