State v. Wiggins’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

7 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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “A defendant who has been tried for one (1) offense may thereafter move to dismiss an indictment or information for an offense which could have been joined for trial with the prior offenses under section 9 of this chapter. The motion to dismiss shall be made prior to the second trial, and shall be granted if the prosecution is barred by reason of the former prosecution.”

   4 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Hamer v. State · State v. McDonald

2. “provid[es] a check upon the otherwise unlimited power of the State to pursue successive prosecutions.”

   4 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Hamer v. State · Richardson v. State

3. “'[Olur legislature has provided that, where two or more charges are based on the same conduct or on a series of acts constituting parts of a single scheme or plan, they should be joined for trial”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Hamer v. State · State v. Dixon