Butler v. Burke’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

13 federal appellate · 1 district · 3 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 20 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““ ‘In fact, petitioner is in custody as a patient, not as a prisoner, committed for treatment and not sentenced for punishment. The duration of his commitment depends upon the manner in which he responds to treatment, which is subject to review by the committing Court at frequent intervals.’ ””

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. English · 3 Kan. App. 2d 179 - State v. Smith

2. ““Petitioner contends that the trial Courts failure to inform him of the provisions of the Wisconsin Sexual Deviates Act before he entered his plea of guilty invalidated ‘the apparent voluntary plea.’ It seems implicit in this contention that while his plea of guilty was voluntarily made, the subsequent action of the Court in • committing petitioner for treatment under the Act rather than sentencing him to prison nullified the pleá. The essence of this contention rests on the erroneous premise that petitioner was sentenced under an Act which might deprive him of his liberty for life when he should have been sentenced for an offense which carries a maximum period of ten years in prison. “Petitioner’s contention in this respect overlooks the purpose of the Act under which he was committed. . . .” (pp. 122, 123.)”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. English