Arey v. Peyton’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

28 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 37 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““In some cases the allegations of a petition for habeas corpus are patently frivolous and plainly do not justify judicial inquiry. * * * Cf. Morris v. Smyth, 202 Va. 832, 834 , 120 S.E.2d 465, 466 . In such cases a full evidentiary hearing may not be required. “If the records of petitioner’s criminal trials contained matter sufficient to refute the essential factual allegations of his habeas corpus petition, the court below did not err in not allowing him to present evidence concerning those allegations.””

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Oprisko v. Dir. of the Dep't of Corr. · Younger v. Cox

2. ““A plea of guilty, accepted and entered by the court, is a conviction or the equivalent of a conviction of the offense to which it is directed, the effect of which is to authorize the imposition of the punishment prescribed by law on a verdict of guilty of the offense admitted. ... It waives all defenses other than that no offense is charged.” 187 Va., at 296 , 46 S.E. 2d at 342 .”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Peyton v. King

3. “[t]he question in this case is whether the court below erred in not allowing Arey ... a full evidentiary hearing before denying and dismissing his petition for a writ of habeas corpus,”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Yeatts v. Angelone