Hicks v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1985
Citation profile
8
cited by 8 later decisions
2
states following
July 1994
most recently cited
2 federal appellate · 6 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Rideout v. United States · Loyd v. State · Forrester v. State · Biggerstaff v. State · Stewart v. State
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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“"When an indictment for murder in a commission of a felony is filed under L.C. 35-42-1-1(2), the indictment may include an additional count for the felony itself. If the defendant is convicted of the felony murder, merger occurs and the conviction and sentencing may not occur on both counts."”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. McCurry v. State
How this case has been treated — in progress
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