Taylor v. Risley’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

3 federal appellate · 2 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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “The Board could, in order to avoid any ambiguity or confusion in the case of consecutive sentences, issue one parole to cover the maximum period of confinement. The result, of course, would be the same. That is, the prisoner would be required to serve a period equivalent to one fourth of the combined total of each sentence (less good time) before he would be eligible for parole.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Case v. Mahoney

2. ““The action of the Board of Pardons purporting to release petitioner on parole from all three consecutive sentences was and is illegal. All the time served, whether in prison or on parole, applies only against the twenty year sentence for robbery, and petitioner has never begun serving his sentence for second degree assault or escape.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Case v. Mahoney