Price v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

47 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 47 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “definite and firm impression that a mistake has been made.”

   5 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Ryan v. State · Fields v. State

2. “[T]he Court limits the scope of abandonment to preserve potential relief under federal habeas corpus proceedings. Federal habeas corpus proceedings require a movant to exhaust all available state remedies, including appeal and postconviction remedies, before bringing a federal claim. State court remedies are exhausted when they are no longer available, regardless of the reason for their unavailability. If the scope of abandonment were expanded further, it is fores'eeable that federal habeas corpus claims could be-denied due to a movant’s failure to bring a motion to reopen post-conviction proceedings. This would frustrate the legitimate. goals of a prompt comprehensive review and finality-”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Waggoner v. State · Mark D. Vogl v. State of Missouri

3. “McFadden ... stands only for the proposition that, where an inmate prepares his initial motion and does all that he reasonably can to ensure that it is filed on time, tardiness resulting solely from the active interference of a third party beyond the inmate’s control may be excused and the waiver imposed by Rule 29.15(b) [and Rule 24.035(b)] not enforced.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Propst v. State · Fonville v. State