Dudley 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. “Abandonment occurs when post-conviction counsel does not file an amended motion or where post-conviction counsel is aware of the need to file an amended motion and fails to do so in a timely manner. Barnett v. State, 103 S.W.3d 765, 774 (Mo. banc), cert. denied, 540 U.S. 862 , 124 S.Ct. 172 , 157 L.Ed.2d 114 (2003). These are the only two situations recognized by the Supreme Court that constitute abandonment.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State Ex Rel. Nixon v. Sheffield

2. “prevented the timely filing of her pro se post-conviction relief motion. The case is remanded to the circuit court for further proceedings consistent with this opinion. All concur. Fields was referred to as”

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

3. “fourteen years after the original judgment”

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