Knight v. State’s Empirical Analysis
2000
Citation profile
9
cited by 9 later decisions
3
states following
August 2016
most recently cited
9 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Johnson v. United States · United States v. Young · Neder v. United States · Sibron v. State of New York Peters · Spencer v. Kemna
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 9 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“an appeal in a misdemeanor or gross misdemeanor case [is] rendered moot by satisfaction of a fine or completion of a defendant's sentence”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“no effective relief would accrue from reversal of the defendant's conviction if the fine had been paid or the sentence served.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“satisfaction of a fine or completion of a sentence [does not] render[ ] a timely appeal from a criminal conviction moot.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.