Thomas v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1976
Citation profile
160 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 160 later decisions — most recently April 2022 · most notably Newton v. State (1977), State v. Frye (1978)
160 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 Blockburger v. United States · North Carolina v. Pearce · Ashe v. Swenson · Benton v. Maryland · Iannelli v. United States
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 160 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““The required evidence is that which is minimally necessary to secure a conviction for each statutory offense. If each offense requires proof of a fact which the other does not, or in other words, if each offense contains an element which the other does not, the offenses are not the same for double jeopardy purposes even though arising from the same conduct or episode. But, where only one offense requires proof of an additional fact, so that all elements of one offense are present in the other, the offenses are deemed to be the same for double jeopardy purposes.””
31 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Any person or persons, his or their aiders or abettors who shall enter, or being upon the premises of any other person ... against the will and consent of said person or persons ..., take and carry away any ... motor vehicle ..., or take and carry away out of the custody or use of any person ... any of the above-enumerated property at whatsoever place the same may be found, shall upon conviction thereof ... be adjudged guilty of a misdemeanor....”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“... SHALL, UPON CONVICTION THEREOF IN ANY OF THE COURTS OF THIS STATE HAVING CRIMINAL JURISDICTION, BE ADJUDGED GUILTY OF A MISDEMEANOR, AND SHALL RESTORE THE PROPERTY SO TAKEN AND CARRIED AWAY, AND BE FINED NOT LESS THAN FIVE NOR MORE THAN TWENTY DOLLARS, OR BE IMPRISONED IN THE CITY OR COUNTY JAIL NOT LESS THAN ONE NOR MORE THAN SIX MONTHS, OR BE BOTH FINED AND IMPRISONED AS AFORESAID, IN THE DISCRETION OF THE COURT ...”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. In re Lakeysha P.
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.