State v. Decker’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

6 state decisions

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

1. “Section 547.070, RSMo 2000, provides only for an appeal in criminal cases if there is a “final judgment.” Final judgment only occurs in a criminal case when the sentence is entered. State v. Williams, 871 S.W.2d 450, 452 (Mo. banc 1994). Defendant is appealing from a post-conviction order denying his request to credit time served on house arrest toward his sentence. This is not an appealable order, because it is not a “final judgment” for purposes of appeal. See Pair v. State, 174 S.W.3d 10, 11 (Mo.App. E.D.2005) (no appeal from post-conviction motion for release on house arrest); State v. Slurrdevant, 143 S.W.3d 638 (Mo.App. E.D.2004) (no appeal from denial of petition for release after 120 days); and State v. Stout, 960 S.W.2d 535, 536 (Mo.App. E.D.1998) (no appeal from denial of order denying reduction of sentence).”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Mazur v. State

2. “time served on house arrest could not be credited toward time served.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. Dunn v. Precythe