People v. Moore’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

30 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 30 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““While in both situations there is a strong judicial preference for deciding cases on the merits rather than on the basis of time limitations, this consideration is more cogent in criminal cases. In a civil case, where a party’s money or property is at risk, his attorney’s failure to file a timely motion for a new trial may constitute professional negligence for which the client has a remedy in damages. In a criminal case, however, where the client’s life or liberty is at stake, there is no comparable, practical remedy.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. People v. Dillon

2. ““When an act is required or allowed to be performed at or within a specified time, the court for cause shown may at any time in its discretion: (2) Upon motion, permit the act to be done after expiration of the specified period if the failure to act on time was the result of excusable neglect.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. People v. Dillon

3. “is not jurisdictional in the sense that without it the court would lack authority to adjudicate the subject matter.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. People v. Peterson