State v. Higgins’s Empirical Analysis
2004
Citation profile
2
cited by 2 later decisions
1
states following
February 2019
most recently cited
2 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on North Carolina v. Alford · 140 N.C. App. 198 - State v. Jarman · 138 Ill. 2d 152 - People v. Ramos · Commonwealth v. Chiappini · Williams v. State
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 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Generally, penal statutes are to be construed 'strictly against the State and in favor of the defendant.'”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Brown“full credit against the sentence ... for time served prior to trial and sentencing.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Brown
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.