State v. Albert’s Empirical Analysis
1998
Citation profile
33
cited by 33 later decisions
1
states following
July 2005
most recently cited
33 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on United States v. Alaska · White v. Illinois · White v. Illinois · Schlossberg v. Maryland Comptroller of the Treasury · Koskela v. King County
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.
“[t]he rule of strict construction . . . does not require that the most narrow, technical and exact meaning be given to the language of a statute in frustration of an obvious legislative intent. . . . Common sense should be applied to the language of a penal statute, particularly if otherwise absurdity or frustration of the evident design of the legislature results.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage““[Anne Mahoney, Assistant State’s Attorney]: Is the space between the labia the beginning of the genital opening? “[Berrien]: Yes, it is.””
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Albert
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.