Cottrell v. McLeod’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

7 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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “"The presumption created by the absence of the recital of the waiver by defendant of certain of his constitutional and statutory rights in the minutes of the court and in the journal entry of judgment and sentence, however, may be overcome by other evidence, including testimony of the court officials which shows that the proceedings upon the arraignment of the defendant were regular, and that the defendant was fully advised of his statutory and constitutional rights before entering his plea."”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. In Re Cannon

2. ““Unless an information is fatally defective and wholly insufficient to confer jurisdiction on district court to sentence [accused] for alleged crime, Criminal Court of Appeals will not interfere on habeas corpus to grant [accused’s] release from confinement because of alleged defective information under which accused was sentenced.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Hirst v. Raines

3. ““Claim that the sentence is excessive cannot be considered in a habeas corpus action.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Habeas Corpus of Bow v. Raines