Boyd v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1962
Citation profile
6
cited by 6 later decisions
2
states following
October 1978
most recently cited
6 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Ex parte Dickens · 20 Ala. App. 514 - Robertson v. State · Ex Parte Hill · Ex parte Stickney · Gates v. M'Daniel
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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““No court, or judge, on the return of a writ of habeas corpus, has authority to inquire into the regularity of justice'of any order, judgment, decree, or process of any court legally constituted, * * * » ' '”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Robinson v. State
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.