Heflin v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1978
Citation profile
5
cited by 5 later decisions
1
states following
February 1985
most recently cited
5 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Albrecht v. State · Talley v. State · Cameron v. State · Milligan v. State · Downey 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.
““The general rule in all English speaking jurisdictions is that an accused is entitled to be tried on the accusation made in the State’s pleading and not on some collateral crime, or for being a criminal generally. The rule is now deemed axiomatic and is followed in all jurisdictions.””
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Maynard v. State
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.