508 So. 2d 669 - State v. Hoffman’s Empirical Analysis
1987
Citation profile
5 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 5 later decisions — most recently November 2010
5 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on 472 So. 2d 386 - Hines v. State · Harden v. State · 479 So. 2d 1093 - Winston v. State · 487 So. 2d 1335 - McCullum v. State · Gordon 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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(1.) The name of the accused; (2.) The date on which the indictment was filed in each court; (3.) A statement that the prosecution is brought in the name and by the authority of the State of Mississippi; (4.) The county and judicial district in which the indictment is brought; (5.) The date and if applicable the time, on which the offense was alleged to be committed. Failure to state the correct date shall not render the indictment insufficient; (6.) The signature of the foreman of the grand jury issuing it; and (7.) The words "against the peace and dignity of the state."”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“Under M.C.A. § 97-19-39 (1972) and the cases interpreting this section, the crime of false pretenses occurs when one makes a false representation of a past or existing fact with the intent to deceive and with the result that the accused obtains something of value from the party deceived.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“Rule 2.05 requires that the indictment provide `a plain, concise and definite written statement of the essential facts constituting the offense charged and shall fully notify the defendant of the nature and cause of the accusation against him.'”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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.