State v. Silas’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

46 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 46 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “(1) to provide certainty so as to identify the offense, (2) to protect the accused from twice being put in jeopardy for the same offense, (3) to enable the accused to prepare for trial, and (4) to enable the court, on conviction or plea of guilty or nolo contendere , to pronounce sentence according to the rights of the case.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 242 N.C. App. 361 - State v. Williams · State v. Simmons

2. “[t]he subsequent alteration prejudiced defendant as he relied upon the allegations in the original indictment to his detriment in preparing his case upon the assumption the prosecution would proceed upon a theory the defendant intended to commit murder.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. Simmons

3. “the indictment served as notice to defendant apprising him of the State's theory of the offense.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. Simmons