Rivers v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

4 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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““[The indictment alleges that he entered with] the intent to either: number one, commit a theft, of which there’s absolutely no proof; or number two, a felony. That felony is not defined.... [W]e think that the law requires more specific wording in the indictment to inform this defendant exactly what he’s being charged with.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Rivers v. State

2. ““The general rule is that where one of the alternative charges of an indictment is good, a defendant who goes to trial without testing the sufficiency of the indictment by proper objection may not complain that the indictment is insufficient.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Rivers v. State

3. ““Objections based on defects in the commencement of the proceeding or in the charge, other than lack of subject matter jurisdiction or failure to charge an offense, may be raised only by pre-trial motion as provided in Rule 15.3.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Rivers v. State