Halligan v. Marcil’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

8 federal appellate · 3 district · 1 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 14 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““The record in the case shows that the appellee was out on parole 230 days; that he was then, by reason of his violation of the parole, retaken and returned to the prison. The record further shows that if he continued entitled to 216 days earned by him for good conduct before his parole, as the court below held, his sentence had at the time of the issuance of the writ been com pleted, and lie was legally entitled to a discharge. But if the time so earned by him by his previous good conduct was forfeited by his subsequent'misconduct, the judgment of the court below discharging him from custody must be reversed. That is the sole question in the case, and we are of the opinion that it is answered by the provisions of the statutes referred to. Both are acts of clemency intended to invite good behavior, but the consequence of a violation of that clemency is distinctly declared by the statute itself; section 6 of the act of June 25, 1910, declaring that in the event of a violation of the parole and its revocation therefor, not only shall the time for which the prisoner was sentenced not be diminished by the time he was out on parole, but expressly declares that, in such event, he shall serve the remainder of the sentence originally imposed, which was, in the instant case, five years. The formerly acquired credit by reason of the previous good conduct of the prisoner, which could not become effective until the end of his term, was. thus forfeited by the statute itself upon the revoc”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Ex parte Marcil

2. ““Then said board of parole may in its discretion authorize the release of such' applicant on parole, * * * to remain, while on parole, in the legal custody and under the control of the warden of such prison from which paroled, and until the expiration of the term or terms specified in his sentence, less such good time allowance as is or may hereafter be provided for by act of Congress. * * * ””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Ex parte Marcil

3. ““If such order of parole shall be revoked and the parole so terminated, the said prisoner shall serve the remainder of the sentence originally imposed, and the time the prisoner was out on parole shall not be taken into account to diminish the time for which he was sentenced.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Ex parte Marcil