Sterns v. Wainwright’s Empirical Analysis
1967
Citation profile
3
cited by 3 later decisions
1
states following
December 1979
most recently cited
3 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Helton v. Mayo · Ex parte Sams · Tirko v. Wainwright
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 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“So long as any ... former sentence was in effect the escape sentence was not being served.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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