Epperson v. the State’s Empirical Analysis
2016
Citation profile
5
cited by 5 later decisions
1
states following
June 2021
most recently cited
5 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Jackson v. Virginia · Barker v. Wingo · Doggett v. United States · Drinkard v. Walker · Ledford 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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Thus, even if the trial court should have merged [the challenged] aggravated battery and aggravated assault convictions, the end result would have been the same - [Lonon] would have been sentenced for aggravated battery rather than aggravated assault. ...”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“any error by the trial court in failing to merge [Lonon]'s [challenged arson and attempted murder] convictions was harmless and provides no basis for vacating his sentence.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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