Smith v. Lewis’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

10 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 11 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Because this is a habeas corpus proceeding, we are limited to considering the face of the judgment and the record of the proceedings upon which the judgment was rendered.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Terrance Lavar Davis v. State of Tennessee · May v. Carlton

2. “only when it appears upon the face of the judgment or the record of the proceedings upon which the judgment is rendered that a court lacked jurisdiction or authority to sentence a defendant or that the sentence has expired.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. May v. Carlton

3. “does not demonstrate on its face that the illegal provision .., was a bargained-for element of [the defendant's] plea,”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State of Tennessee v. David Nagele