State v. Hasler’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

33 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 33 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““That John DiLiberto in the city of St. Louis, on the 2nd day of May, 1972, being a Deputy Marshal of the City of St. Louis, holding an office of public trust, unlawfully did commit'willful and malicious misconduct under color of his office as Deputy Marshal by demanding and accepting a personal check in the amount of thirty-eight dollars, from Mrs. Norma Downey in the courtroom of City Court Number Two . of the City of St. Louis, Municipal Court Building, 1320 Market Street, St. Louis, Missouri; said John DiLiberto falsely representing to Mrs. Norma Downey that said check would apply to any fine to be assessed in the then pending traffic violation of one Stephen . W. McClay when in fact no fine was ever assessed in said traffic violation; contrary to the form of the Statute in such case made and provided and against the peace and dignity of the State.” (Emphasis ours)”

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

2. ““ . . . The requirement of specificity in the indictment is bottomed upon several considerations. Perhaps most important, the defendant is entitled to be informed of the nature and cause of the accusation against him so that he may defend the charge. (Art. I, § 18(a) Missouri Constitution.) The indictment must set forth sufficient facts that an acquittal or conviction under it may serve to bar a subsequent prosecution for the same acts. It should be sufficiently specific that there would be no difficulty in determining what evidence would be admissible under the allegations, and so the court and jury may know what they are to try and for what they are to acquit or convict. And the indictment must be sufficiently specific that a court can determine from the facts alleged whether a crime has been charged as a matter of law. [citing case]””

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

3. ““Defendant does not in this court assert that the information fails to charge him with a criminal offense. It is evident that it does. Sections 560.156, 560.-161, RSMo 1959, V.A.M.S. (to which revision all statutory references are made unless otherwise indicated). But that fact does not dispose of the question here presented: Does the information inform defendant of the particulars of the offense sufficiently to prepare his defense?” (Emphasis added.)”

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