People v. Ormsby’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

4 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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““Where an information contains more than one count charging' different offenses, the verdict must point out the offense of which the defendant is found guilty, and a general verdict of guilty is void and requires a new trial. ’ ’”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. People v. Huffman

2. ““Where a defendant is charged in the indictment with two or more different and distinct offenses, a general verdict, without designating of which offense he is found guilty, cannot stand.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. People v. Huffman

3. ““The two counts did not charge inconsistent offenses. Both arose out of the same transaction, both were provable by the same testimony, only one time, place and subject being involved.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. People v. Huffman