Hartley v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

9 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 9 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““There is a distinction between the legal status of one who stands convicted of crime and the same person who later becomes a parolee from the institution of his confinement to which he was sentenced. When he elects to accept parole and thus obtains the liberty which it confers he must do so subject to the conditions upon which the parole is granted. He agrees to the conditions imposed and should understand that a breach of the conditions will be the cause of revocation and resulting confinement for the purpose of serving the balance of his sentence. It is not a matter of right but one of grace and privilege accorded the parolee to be at liberty subject only to the conditions of his parole which gives him the opportunity of rehabilitation.” Hartley v. State, Me., 249 A.2d 38 (1969).”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Still v. State

2. ““* * * [Wjhen a parolee from the Reformatory for Men violates the law and is sentenced by the court to the Maine State Prison, any length of time set by the board to be served of the unexpired portion of his reformatory sentence may be served at the Maine State Prison.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Kuhn v. State

3. ““Whenever a warrant is issued under this section for the arrest of a parolee, the running of the parolee’s sentence shall be interrupted and shall remain interrupted until the parolee is returned to the institution from which he was paroled.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Boutot v. State