State v. Graninger’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

2 federal appellate · 34 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 36 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “No information may be filed against any person for any offense which may be punished by death or imprisonment in the state prison until such person has or waives a preliminary examination. The fact that a preliminary examination was neither had nor waived shall in no case invalidate any information in any court unless the defendant objects to such information because of such fact before pleading to the merits.”

   4 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Brazeal · State v. Brazeal

2. ““The constitutional provision for a preliminary hearing is for the benefit of the defendant and he may waive it. This waiver may be expressed by the defendant or by implication.” State v. Graninger, 96 Ariz. 172, 175 , 393 P.2d 266, 268 (1964).”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 6 Ariz. App. 547 - State v. Kelley

3. “[N]o person shall be prosecuted for felony by information without having had a preliminary examination before a magistrate or having waived such preliminary examination.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Graves v. Eyman