State v. Birdsong’s Empirical Analysis
1989
Citation profile
10
cited by 10 later decisions
1
states following
May 2019
most recently cited
10 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on State v. Taylor · State v. Greer · State v. Gray · State v. Swaney · State v. Fennell
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 10 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[w]here an indictment sets forth conjunctively two means by which the crime charged may have been committed, there is no fatal variance between indictment and proof when the state offers evidence supporting only one of the means charged”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Lofton“the indictment may allege more than one purpose for the kidnapping, the State has to prove only one of the alleged purposes in order to sustain a conviction of kidnapping”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Lofton“[t]he use of the conjunctive form to express alternative theories of conviction is proper,”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Lofton
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.