Wallace v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

3 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. “Statutes of limitation pertain to the remedy and not to substantive civil rights. There can be no vested right in a remedy or mode of procedure. The accused in a criminal case cannot claim that the period prescribed by law in which a prosecution shall be begun shall remain the same as when the crime was committed. The period of limitation is granted in the grace of the sovereign and may be enlarged or contracted or altogether taken away, provided the ac cused is not entitled to go acquit before the subsequent law is enacted.”

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

2. “(c) A prosecution for the following offenses is barred unless commenced before the date that the alleged victim of the offense reaches thirty-one (81) years of age: (1) IC 85-42-4-3(a) (Child molesting). (2) IC 385-42-4-5 (Vicarious sexual gratification). (8) IC 35-42-4-6 (Child solicitation). (4) IC 35-42-4-7 (Child seduction). (5) IC 35-46-1-8 (Incest).”

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

3. “(a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, a prosecution for an offense is barred unless it is commenced: (1) within five (5) years after the commission of the offense, in the case of a Class B, Class C, or Class D felony....”

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