People v. Morris’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

27 state decisions

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 46 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[F]actors to be considered might include but should not be limited to the length of the alleged period of time in relation to the number of individual criminal acts alleged; the passage of time between the alleged period for the crime and defendant’s arrest; the duration between the date of the indictment and the alleged offense; and the ability of the victim or complaining witness to particularize the date and time of the alleged transaction or offense.”

   4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 218 N.J. Super. 133 - State v. Hass · 145 Wis. 2d 244 - State v. Fawcett

2. “1. The age and intelligence of the victim and other witnesses, and their ability to particularize the date and time of the alleged offense; 2. The surrounding circumstances; including whether a continuing course of conduct is alleged, as opposed to a relatively few, discrete or isolated events; 3. The extent to which defendant had frequent, unsupervised access to the victim; 4. The nature of the offense, including whether it is likely to occur at a specific time or is likely to have been discovered immediately; 5. The length of the alleged period of time in relation to the number of individual criminal acts alleged; 6. The length of time asserted in the indictment; 7. The passage of time between the period alleged for the crime and the time the abuse was asserted and/or the time defendant was arrested and/or indicted; 8. The extent and thoroughness of the State’s efforts to narrow the time frame; and 9. Whether the defendant can assert a plausible alibi defense.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. Baldonado · Erickson v. People

3. “It is . . . important to note that the requirements for a valid indictment will vary with the particular crime involved, and what is sufficient to charge [one crime] would be insufficient with respect to many other crimes.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 361 Wis. 2d 450 - State v. Brian S. Kempainen