State v. Childs’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

164 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 167 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[a]n indictment meets constitutional requirements if it 'first, contains the elements of the offense charged and fairly informs a defendant of the charge against which he must defend, and, second, enables him to plead an acquittal or conviction in bar of future prosecutions for the same offense.'”

   12 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Biggers, Unpublished Decision (11-4-2005) · State v. Endsley, Unpublished Decision (10-19-2005)

2. “(A) Where the same conduct by defendant can be construed to constitute two or more allied offenses of similar import, the indictment or information may contain counts for all such offenses, but the defendant may be convicted of only one. (B) Where the defendant's conduct constitutes two or more offenses of dissimilar import, or where his conduct results in two or more offenses of the same or similar kind committed separately or with a separate animus as to each, the indictment or information may contain counts for all such offenses, and the defendant may be convicted of all of them.”

   6 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Gomez · State v. Washington

3. “does no more than prevent the sentencing court from prescribing greater punishment than the legislature intended.”

   4 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Robertson · State v. Lowman Lumber Co., 22398 (1-9-2009)