Mortensen 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. ““The response was not as definite and full as appellant had the right to require it to be, but there was no request that it should be made more particular and certain. Section 4, Act 160 of the Acts of 1937, appearing as § 3796, Pope’s Digest, provides that ‘A supplemental bill of particulars may be required upon order of the trial court, if the bill of particulars filed by the prosecuting attorney is not sufficiently definite to apprise the defendant of the specific crime with which he is charged.’ Without requiring a supplementary bill of particulars, which appellant had the right to ask, he filed a demurrer to the information which alleged that the information and bill of particulars did not state an offense or crime under the statutes of Arkansas, and that the court did not have jurisdiction of the appellant, or of the subject matter of the alleged offense.””

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

2. “"Without requiring a supplementary bill of particulars, which appellant had the right to ask, he filed a demurrer to the information which alleged that the information and bill of particulars did not state an offense or crime under the statutes of Arkansas.””

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

3. ““The demurrer was properly overruled as the information complies with the form of indictment set out in § 23 of Initiated Act No. 3, amending § 3029 C. and M. Digest, prescribing the form of an indictment in which a violation of the law is charged. ’ ’”

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