Nelson v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

2 federal appellate · 4 state decisions

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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.

1. “because appellant’s petition was not properly verified. Arkansas Rule of Criminal Procedure 37.1(d) requires that the petition be verified. The verification requirement for a postconviction relief petition is of substantive importance to prevent perjury. Carey v. State, 268 Ark. 332 , 596 S.W.2d 688 (1980). To serve this purpose, a petitioner must execute the verification, and if the petitioner is represented by counsel, counsel may not sign and verify the petition for him. Boyle v. State, 362 Ark. 248 , 208 S.W.3d 134 , [sic] (2005) (per curiam).”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Nelson v. Norris