Gershon v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

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

1. ““Any attempt of the trial court to extend the time for filing the petition in error and casemade in this Court after the expiration of statutory * * * days is void; and where said petition in error and casemade are filed in this Court in. compliance with an extra ‘certificate’, signed by the trial judge after the time for appeal has expired, the appeal will be dismissed.””

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

2. ““Failure to file appeal within time allowed by law is fatal to appeal, and Court of Criminal Appeals has no discretion to-hear and determine appeals on merits when they are not taken within time prescribed by law.””

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