State v. Howell & Taylor’s Empirical Analysis
1979
Citation profile
2 district · 59 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 61 later decisions — most recently July 2016 · most notably State v. Hall (1990), State v. Jackson (1986)
2 district · 59 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 Morissette v. United States · State v. Minor · State v. Daniels · State v. Doyen · United States v. Denmon
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 61 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““If the facts alleged in an information do not constitute an offense within the terms and meaning of the statute upon which it is based, the information is fatally defective. The evidence introduced at trial to show commission of the crime sought to have been charged and the jury instruction thereon have no bearing on this question.””
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. State v. Jackson · State v. Wade““The complaint, information or indictment shall be a plain and concise written statement of the essential facts constituting the crime charged, which complaint, information or indictment, drawn in the language of the statute, shall be deemed sufficient. The precise time of the commission of an offense need not be stated in the indictment or information; but it is sufficient if shown to have been within the statute of limitations, except where the time is an indispensable ingredient in the offense. An indictment shall be signed by the foreman of the grand jury. An information shall be signed by the county attorney, the attorney general, or any legally appointed assistant or deputy of either. A complaint shall be signed by some person with knowledge of the facts. Allegations made in one count may be incorporated by reference in another count. The complaint, information or indictment shall state for each count the official or customary citation of the statute, rule, regulation or other provision of law which the defendant is alleged to have violated. Error in the citation or its omission shall be not ground for dismissal of the complaint, information or indictment or for reversal of a conviction if the error or omission did not prejudice the defendant.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority““In a felony action, the indictment or information is the jurisdictional instrument upon which the accused stands trial. [Citations omitted.] “A conviction based upon an information which does not sufficiently charge the offense for which the person is convicted is void. [Citations omitted.] “If the facts alleged in a complaint or information do not constitute an offense in the terms and meaning of the statute upon which it is based, a complaint or information is fatally defective. [Citations omitted.]” State v. Howell & Taylor, 226 Kan. at 513 .”
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.