Merrill v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1978
Citation profile
5
cited by 5 later decisions
1
states following
January 1984
most recently cited
5 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on State v. Rose · State v. Smart · State v. Bridges · State v. Weinzerl · State v. Day
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 fundamental test of the sufficiency of an information is whether or not it states the essential elements of the offense charged so that the defendant is adequately informed of the charge against him and the final disposition of the charge will constitute a bar to further prosecution for the same offense.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Mitchell
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.