Barlos v. White’s Empirical Analysis

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1 federal appellate ·

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

1. ““Certainly the indictment was not absolutely void as to count 5. If the indictment was not sufficiently specific, that was a question for the trial court to pass on. No demurrer or motion was filed to the indictment, and its sufficiency was in no way questioned. The charges were not colorless or impossible, and every question here presented as to any of the counts of the indictment could have been presented and determined in the trial court. That court had jurisdiction of defendant and of the alleged offense. The sentence was not beyond its power. The petitioner is not restrained of his liberty in violation of the law. This is merely another of the numerous cases in which the effort is made to substitute habeas corpus for writ of error. It is a work of supererogation to continue to assert what the federal. courts have said over and over again on this question.” Citing Knewel v. Egan, 268 U.S. 442 , 45 S. Ct. 522 , 69 L.Ed. 1036 , and other cases.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. United States v. Walker