Elliott v. Hudspeth’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

4 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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““The record is examined in an original application for a writ of habeas corpus, filed in the supreme court, wherein the petitioner, now confined in the state penitentiary under judgment and sentence of a district court, claims that at the time of the commission of the offense for which he was tried and at the time of his trial, he was insane, and that he was denied counsel and the right to choose his own counsel, and the right to communicate with members of his family and that he was coerced and forced to confess the crime with which he was charged and to enter a plea of guilty thereto, and the court finds as a matter of fact that his claims are not true, and therefore that he is not entitled to the writ sought, and the writ should be denied.” (Syl.)”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Elliott v. Hudspeth

2. ““The charge actually was larceny in a dwelling house where value is not material but where the offense is a felony (G. S. 1935, 21-513).” (l.c. 617)”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Elliott v. Evans