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Armstrong v. State’s Empirical Analysis

2001

Citation profile

7
cited by 7 later decisions
1
states following
November 2018
most recently cited

7 state decisions

Relationships

Relies on Richardson v. State · Jones v. State · Tunstill v. State · Harris v. State · Bluck 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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

  1. “a person shall not carry a handgun in any vehicle or on or about his person, except in his dwelling, on his property or fixed place of business, without a license issued under this chapter being in his possession.” Further, possession of a valid license is an affirmative defense for which a defendant bears the burden of proof. See Ind.Code § 35-47-2-24 (”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage
  2. “The offense of carrying a handgun without a license requires mere possession of the handgun.”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage

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.