Ferrier v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1979
Citation profile
35 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 36 later decisions — most recently August 2001 · most notably Sanders v. State (1980), Robinson v. State (1986)
35 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on Langley v. State · Frazier v. State · Paneitz v. State
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 36 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“"If the pleadings conclusively show that petitioner is entitled to no relief, the court may deny the petition without further proceedings."”
5 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. Bailey v. State · Fortson v. State“"The court may grant a motion by either party for summary disposition of the petition when it appears from the pleadings, depositions, answers to interrogatories, admissions, stipulations of fact, and any affidavits submitted, that there is no genuine issue of material fact and the moving party is entitled to judgment as a matter of law. The court may ask for oral argument on the legal issue raised. If an issue of material fact is raised, then the court shall hold an evidentiary hearing as soon as reasonably possible."”
4 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. Bailey v. State · Fortson v. State“shall confer with petitioner and ascertain all grounds for relief under this rule, amending the petition if necessary to include any grounds not included by petitioner in the original petition.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. Howard v. State · Bailey v. State
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.