State v. Lamb’s Empirical Analysis
1948
Citation profile
7 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 7 later decisions — most recently November 1975
7 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 State v. Stafford · State v. Boucher
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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““The motion to set aside the indictment can be made, before a plea is entered by the defendant, on one or more of the following grounds, and must be sustained: “1. When it is not endorsed ‘a true bill’ and the endorsement signed by the foreman of the grand jury as prescribed by this code. “2. When the names of all witnesses examined before the grand jury are not endorsed thereon. “3. When the minutes of the evidence of the witnesses examined before the grand jury are not returned therewith. “4. When it has not been presented and marked ‘filed’ as prescribed by this code. “5. When any person other than the grand jurors was present before the grand jury when the question was taken upon the finding of the indictment. “6. When any person other than the grand jurors was present before the grand jury during the investigation of the charge, except as required or permitted by law. “7. That the grand jury were not selected, drawn, summoned, impaneled, or sworn as prescribed by law, except as hereinafter provided.””
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Hall““1. That the minutes of testimony attached to the indictment do not contain particulars constituting the offense charged in the indictment; “2. That the minutes of testimony attached to the indictment do not show that the defendant committed the offense charged in the indictment.””
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Hall““1. That it does not substantially conform to the requirements of this Code, or “2. That the indictment contains matter which, if true, would constitute a legal defense or bar to the prosecution.” Section 777.2, Code, 1962.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Youngblut
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.