Dunn v. Crouse’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

10 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 10 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “. . Those convicted of murder in the second degree shall be punished by confinement and hard labor for not less than ten years.””

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Prescher v. State · State v. Akins

2. ““Under tire provisions of G. S. 1949, 21-109, whenever an offender is declared by law punishable, upon conviction, by confinement and hard labor for a term of not less than any specified number of years and no limit to the duration of such imprisonment or confinement is declared, he may be sentenced to imprisonment during his natural life, or for any number of years not less than such as are prescribed.” (Syl. f 3.)”

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

3. ““The failure to include in a journal entry showing conviction in a criminal action the statute under which sentence was rendered, where no complaint is made that the sentence was not one provided for by statute, is a formal defect which may be corrected by a nunc pro tunc order, and such failure does not entitle the convicted defendant to release by writ of habeas corpus.” (Syl. f 2.)”

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