Roscoe v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

15 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 15 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[o]ur courts no longer employ an overly technical application of the fatal variance rule, focusing instead on materiality.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Weeks v. State · Leonard v. State

2. “The indictment in this case sufficiently informed [Leonard of the shoplifting] charge [ ] against him and he has not shown that he was unable to present a viable defense to such charge [ ] or that he was surprised or misled at trial by the [testimony that a Dell Streak 7 is a tablet]. Moreover, there is no danger that [Leonard will be] prosecuted a second time for the same offense.”

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

3. “[I]t is irrelevant to a charge under OCGA § 16-11-131(b) what felony formed the basis of the prior conviction, and specification of the underlying felony in the indictment is unnecessary.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. DUNCAN v. the STATE.