State v. JOORDENS’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

5 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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “When a judgment becomes final, the circuit court’s ability to act is halted and the appellate court’s ability to review commences. City of Greenwood v. Martin Marietta Materials, Inc., 311 S.W.3d 258, 267 (Mo. App. 2010). ‘[O]nce judgment and sentencing occur in a criminal proceeding, the trial court has exhausted its jurisdiction. The trial court can take no further action in that case except when otherwise expressly provided by statute or rule.’ State ex rel. Simmons v. White, 866 S.W.2d 443, 445 (Mo. banc 1993) (emphasis added) (citing State ex rel. Wagner v. Ruddy, 582 S.W.2d 692, 695 (Mo. banc 1979)); see also State ex rel. Mertens v. Brown, 198 S.W.3d 616, 618 (Mo. banc 2006).”

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