Denson v. Peyton’s Empirical Analysis
1968
Citation profile
1
cited by 1 later decisions
March 1969
most recently cited
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 2241 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996)
Relies on Darr v. Burford · Midgett v. Warden, Maryland State Penitentiary
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 1 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(1) “The order of judgment, sentence and commitment is illegal, null and void.” (2) “The trial court did not have jurisdiction to entertain said prosecution or to pronounce judgment at the time those acts were performed.” (3) “The trial court lost jurisdiction during the course of the proceedings.” (4) “The order of judgment, sentence and commitment is illegal, null and void because the constitutional rights of your petitioner were violated during the course of the proceedings. * * *””
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Denson v. Peyton
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.