Ex Parte Black’s Empirical Analysis

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5 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. “December 6th was not the only date on which Mr. Simpson represented numerous “guilty” defendants. On May 31, 1965, Mr. Simpson was appointed to represent six (6) felony defendants who plead guilty to a total of eight (8) crimes on that same day. Of particular interest are the cases of one Curtis Lacey who entered guilty pleas on two separate felony charges’ on May 31st while being represented by Mr. Simpson. In each of Mr. Lacey’s cases, the court, on its own motion granted a new trial for the reason that Lacey was under the age of seventeen. These cases may be some indication of the amount of. preparation involved in Simpson’s practice of criminal law.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Black v. Beto