Johnson v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1981
Citation profile
6
cited by 6 later decisions
1
states following
December 1986
most recently cited
6 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Rochin v. People of California · United States v. Bass · Bouie v. City of Columbia · United States v. Batchelder · Ryan v. United States
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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“'the criminal statutes which define the greater and lesser of offenses, together with the allegations of fact contained in the charging instrument. Lawrence v. State supra [((1978), Ind., 375 N.E.2d 208 ]. From this examination, the court determines whether a conviction of the greater offense, as it is charged in the indictment or information, requires proof of all essential elements of the lesser offense, plus an additional element which distinguishes the two offenses.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Mercer“"it is evidence that criminal recklessness constitutes a lesser included offense of battery in this case. Under the facts stated in the charging instrument, every essential element of the lesser offense (criminal recklessness) would have been committed during the course of the charged crime (battery), and each essential element of criminal recklessness as defined in I.C. 85-42-2-2(b) constitutes an element of battery, as charged as a class C felony."”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissente.g. State v. Mercer
How this case has been treated — in progress
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