Wright v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

10 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 10 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““. . . The question therefore arises as to whether, under the first indictment charging forgery of the face of the check, a variance arose when the proof in the first trial showed that the face of the check was genuine, but the endorsement of the payee’s name on the back had been forged.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Brown v. State

2. ““ . . . if it is the intent to prosecute for forgery on back of an otherwise genuine instrument, then the indictment should be so drawn as to coincide with such intention. Otherwise, Defendant would not be sufficiently informed to enable him to prepare his defense.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Brown v. State

3. “"An indictment may be amended, with the consent of the defendant entered of record, when the name of the defendant is incorrectly stated or when any person, property or matter therein stated is incorrectly described." (Emphasis added).”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 385 So. 2d 993 - Collins v. State