Pharris v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

5 state decisions

Most-quoted passages

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1. “[T]he "capable of repetition but evading review" doctrine [is] limited to the situation where two elements combine: (1) the challenged action was in its duration too short to be fully litigated prior to its cessation or expiration, and (2) there was a reasonable expectation that the same complaining party would be subjected to the same action again.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Pharris v. State

2. “On June 17, 2004, the State indicted Mr. Pharris for the felony offense of forgery of a United States government instrument (Cause No. 991356). Bond was originally set at $10,000 and later increased to $100,000. Mr. Pharris made bail and was released on June 27, 2004.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Pharris v. State

3. “The defense attorney argued, `It should be obvious to the court what's happening here is the prosecution is trying to serially file the cases in order to prevent bail. And that defeats the purpose [for which] Article One, Section 11(a) was written.'”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Pharris v. State