Beasley v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

13 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 13 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[T]he doctrine of res judicata precludes not only re-litigation of claims that were actually adjudicated in the prior cause of action, but those which could have been adjudicated therein.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. McDonald v. State · Davis v. State

2. “Three prerequisites must be satisfied before res judicata applies - (1) identity of the cause of action, (2) identity of the parties or their privies, and (3) previous adjudication on the merits by a court of competent jurisdiction. Where a convict seeks post-conviction relief based upon grounds previously litigated in a habeas proceeding, i.e., were raised in a habeas * proceeding and resolved by the final judgment of the habeas court, this Court has determined that the convict is collaterally estopped from pursuing those grounds in his effort to obtain post-conviction relief.”

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

3. “as the matters [Snelson] raised in that motion were precluded by that doctrine, the trial court did not err in denying the motion, and we affirm its judgment under the 'right for any reason' rule.”

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