Wolcott’s Empirical Analysis
1992
Citation profile
6
cited by 6 later decisions
1
states following
December 2017
most recently cited
6 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Zacarias v. United States · Lewis v. Commonwealth · Brown v. Commissioner of Correction · Averett · Manning v. Superintendent, Massachusetts Correctional Institution
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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“they may be considered 'to evidence the intention of the court in respect of connected sentences' "). In cases where a sentencing scheme is truncated by a decision to vacate a conviction, "the literal language of the trial judge is less significant than the entire sentencing structure as a whole.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“the rationale of [ Brown and Manning ] is that a prisoner should not serve 'dead time' but should receive credit as matter of right for time served under an erroneous conviction”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“they may be considered 'to evidence the intention of the court in respect of connected sentences'”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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.