Spells v. State’s Empirical Analysis
2007
Citation profile
12
cited by 12 later decisions
1
states following
December 2017
most recently cited
12 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Houston v. Lack · Johnson v. Avery · Day v. State · State v. Taylor · State v. Six
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 12 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“practical implications of holding otherwise. An incarcerated person seeking post-conviction relief must prepare and file his or her motion only 'with such help as he can obtain within the prison walls or the prison system.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Howard v. State“cannot take the steps other litigants can take ... to ensure that the court clerk receives and stamps their notices of appeal before the deadline.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Howard v. State“An untimely motion deprives the motion court of jurisdiction, and the court must dismiss the motion even if not requested to do so by the state.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Howard v. State
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.