State v. Nicholson’s Empirical Analysis
1985
Citation profile
6
cited by 6 later decisions
1
states following
January 2018
most recently cited
6 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Jackson v. Virginia · State v. Bindyke · State v. Witherspoon · State v. Lowe · State v. Van Pelt
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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[A] conspiracy indictment need not describe the subject crime with legal and technical accuracy because the charge is the crime of conspiracy and not a charge of committing the subject crime.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Arnold · State v. Johnson“A criminal conspiracy is an agreement by two or more persons to perform an unlawful act or to perform a lawful act in an unlawful manner.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Arnold“Since the conspiracy is the crime, and not its execution, no overt act is necessary to complete the offense.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Johnson
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.