Fletcher v. Graham’s Empirical Analysis
2006
Citation profile
11
cited by 11 later decisions
4
states following
April 2019
most recently cited
10 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on United States v. Calandra · Kirby v. Illinois · Costello v. United States · Branzburg v. Hayes · United States v. Dionisio
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 11 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“A pardon does not prevent any and all consequences of the pardoned offense: collateral consequences of the offense may still follow. For example, an attorney who has been pardoned for the offense of forgery may not be punished for that crime, but may be disbarred as a result of that offense. Our predecessor court also recognized that a gubernatorial pardon does not restore the character of the witness/pardonee, so that he or she could still be impeached as a felon. Thus, while a pardon will foreclose punishment of the offense itself, it does not erase the fact that the offense occurred, and that fact may later be used to the pardonee’s detriment.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent
How this case has been treated — in progress
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