Flegg v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1947
Citation profile
4
cited by 4 later decisions
1
states following
March 2007
most recently cited
2 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Anderson v. State · Wesley v. State · Harris v. State · Calloway v. State · Harris v. State
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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“very carefully fixed the minimum imprisonment at not less than three years in the penitentiary, which authorized the trial court to impose a sentence of life imprisonment, in his discretion.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“the appropriateness of the life sentence imposed in this case since `the trial court failed to exercise the discretion vested in him by the Legislature.'”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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