State v. Bessar’s Empirical Analysis
1948
Citation profile
54 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 54 later decisions — most recently September 2005 · most notably State v. Simpson (1949), State v. Masino (1949)
54 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on People v. Walsh · People v. . Marwig · State v. Messer · State v. Ridgway · State v. Allen
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.
“"The court, in considering the motion to quash the indictment, must construe those facts as set out in the bill of particulars to be true and determine whether or not, if proved, they constitute the crime charged. It is of no moment whether we say that a bill of particulars is an amendment or an amplification of the indictment or a restriction of proof to be offered by the State * * * The issue to be decided on a motion to quash is whethor not the indictment itself is defective on its face, taking as true what is alleged in the bill of particulars. * *"”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. State v. Smart · State v. Picou“has been deemed broad enough to include homicides committed in attempts to escape from the scene of the crime `where the killing is done immediately after the conclusion of the project, for the purpose of preventing detection.'”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“one of the aims of [defendants'] common design or conspiracy was to retreat safely and undetected from the scene with the fruits of their joint enterprise.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.