Riis v. Commonwealth’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

4 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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““ * * *. RCr 6.10(2) provides that a criminal indictment shall he sufficient if it contains a plain, concise and definite statement of all the essential facts constituting the specific offense charged. The present indictment charged defendants with transporting ‘Larry Clifford Brandenburg and Carolyn Young at gun point beyond the bounds of this State.’ It also contained the number of the statute (KR S 435.150). This was sufficient. * * *.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Ward v. Commonwealth