State v. Langford’s Empirical Analysis
1992
Citation profile
10
cited by 10 later decisions
1
states following
December 1997
most recently cited
4 federal appellate · 6 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on DeShields v. State · State v. Langford · State v. Langford · State v. Aills
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 10 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Section 46-19-103(3), MCA, provides Langford the opportunity to elect between lethal injection and hanging as a method of execution. Clearly, Langford had ample opportunity to elect lethal injection over hanging, but chose not to do so. Accordingly, he rendered moot any claim concerning the constitutionality of hanging as a method of execution.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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