State v. Ferrante’s Empirical Analysis
2008
Citation profile
14
cited by 14 later decisions
1
states following
December 2018
most recently cited
13 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on United States v. Marion · United States v. Lovasco · Jones v. State · State v. Morgan · State v. Edmondson
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 14 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“A prosecution is commenced ... by finding an indictment or presentment, the issuing of a warrant, the issuing of a juvenile petition alleging a delinquent act, binding over the offender, by the filing of an information ... or by making an appearance in person or through counsel in general sessions or any municipal court for the purpose of continuing the matter or any other appearance in either court for any purpose involving the offense.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“all deemed to provide the defendant with sufficient notice of the crime.”
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.