State Ex Rel. Stenson v. Schmidt’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

3 federal appellate · 4 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. ““In the discretion of the State Department of Public Welfare an inmate may be discharged rather than given a conditional release. If he is not discharged, the inmate is paroled or continued on parole to the end of the maximum term of his sentence. See. 53.11(7) (a), Stats. If he violates such parole he may be returned to prison to serve out the remainder of his sentence. The remainder of his sentence is deemed to be the amount of good time previously earned. Sec. 53.11(7) (b).””

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Rice v. Schmidt · Hansen v. Schmidt

2. ““(7) (a) An inmate or parolee having served the term for which he has been sentenced for a crime committed after May 27, 1951, less good time earned under this chapter and not forfeited as herein provided, shall be released on parole or continued on parole, subject to all provisions of law and department regulations relating to paroled prisoners, until the expiration of the maximum term for which he was sentenced without deduction of such good time, or until discharged from parole by the department, whichever is sooner. “(7) (b) Any person on parole under this subsection may be returned to prison as provided in s. 57.06(3) or s. 57.07(2) to serve the remainder of his sentence. He may earn good time on the balance of such sentence while so in prison, subject to forfeiture thereof for misconduct as herein provided. Subject to the approval of the department, he may again be released on parole thereafter under either this section or s. 57.06 or s. 57.07, whichever is applicable. The remainder of his sentence shall be deemed to be the amount by which his original sentence was reduced by good time.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Rice v. Schmidt

3. ““We noted earlier, conditional release the first time is a parole of right. However, after parole on conditional-release status has once been violated, conditional release is discretionary with the department. Sec. 53.11(7) (b), Stats. * *”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Rice v. Schmidt