People v. Thomas’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

8 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. “Although this Court has affirmed the quashing of the information regarding the charge of common-law obstruction of justice, the prosecutor is not precluded from moving to amend the information to add an additional count pursuant to M.C.L. § 750.505; M.S.A. § 28.773 (see, e.g., Perkins & Boyce, Criminal Law [3d ed.], p. 543, discussion on the common-law offense of misconduct in office). An information may be freely amended, and any amendment not prejudicial to the defendant may be allowed.... [ Thomas, supra, p. 458, n. 8 , 475 N.W.2d 288 .]”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 225 Mich. App. 480 - People v. Carlin