Ex Parte Eldridge’s Empirical Analysis
1978
Citation profile
10
cited by 10 later decisions
1
states following
April 1992
most recently cited
10 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Tew v. State · Suarez v. State · Chapple v. State · Carpenter 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 10 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The information is also defective in failing to allege that the rape alleged to have been previously committed was a felony involving an act of violence or threatened violence. This is an essential element, since some felonies-including rape-can be committed with or without violence or threats of violence.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Ware v. State“(a) A person who has been convicted of a felony involving an act of violence or threatened violence to a person or property commits an offense if he possesses a firearm away from the premises where he lives. (b) An offense under this section is a felony of the third degree.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Ware v. State
How this case has been treated — in progress
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