Alexander v. State’s Empirical Analysis
2002
Citation profile
16
cited by 16 later decisions
1
states following
March 2012
most recently cited
16 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Richardson v. State · Spivey v. State · Mitchell v. State · Marcum v. State · Cutter 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 16 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Both of the offenses being analyzed for double jeopardy purposes must be viewed in the context of the other offense. If the evidentiary facts establishing any one or more elements of one of the challenged offenses establishes the essential elements of the second challenged offense, double jeopardy considerations prohibit multiple convictions.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Ransom v. State“the evi-dentiary facts used to establish an essential element of [Alexander's] conviction for unlawful possession of a firearm by a serious violent felon, i.e. that he constructively possessed a firearm, were also used to establish that he possessed a handgun without a license.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissente.g. Calvert v. State“the actual evidence used to convict, the essential elements of one challenged offense also establish the essential elements of another challenged offense.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Ransom v. State
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.