State v. Spivey’s Empirical Analysis
2016
Citation profile
9
cited by 9 later decisions
1
states following
April 2018
most recently cited
9 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Scripps-Howard Radio, Inc. v. Federal Communications Commission · State v. Sturdivant · State v. Hunt · State v. Greer · Hinson v. Dawson
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 9 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[a]n indictment must allege all the essential elements of the offense endeavored to be charged....”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“"it is not the function of an indictment to bind the hands of the State with technical rules of pleading; rather, its purposes are to identify clearly the crime being charged, thereby putting the accused on reasonable notice to defend against it and prepare for trial, and to protect the accused from being jeopardized by the State more than once for the same crime."”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“need[ed] more information to mount his preferred defense,”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. State v. Mostafavi
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.