Gray v. Graham’s Empirical Analysis

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3 state decisions

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

1. ““But as used in the statute, the words indicate the maximum liberty of movement which may be granted. This broad meaning is restricted by what follows: ‘to go at large, upon such conditions and under such restrictions as the court . . . shall see fit to impose.’ This seems to give the court almost unlimited authority to impose conditions and restrictions on the permission of one paroled to go at large.” (p. 436.)”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Bowers v. Wilson