461 So. 2d 720 - Houston v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1984
Citation profile
24 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 24 later decisions — most recently March 2007
24 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on 440 So. 2d 278 - Sanders v. State · 405 So. 2d 101 - Bougon v. State
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 24 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The circuit court may dismiss a petition for writ of habeas corpus summarily, without an evidentiary hearing, if an examination of the petitioner's papers reveals that the claims are manifestly without merit.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. Brooks v. State · Davidson v. State“dissolves before the light of the transcript”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“(3) I have agreed with my attorney's [sic], with the State of Mississippi, and with the Court to waive any and all rights I now have or may have in the future to parole from the Mississippi Department of Corrections on the charge in Cause # 24433. The reason for the waiver is that I am agreeing to waive my rights to parole in exchange for the State agreeing to a life sentence instead of trying me and seeking the death penalty in this case. (4) I understand and have been advised by my attorneys that under Section 47-7-17 of the Mississippi Code, I will be eligible for consideration for parole by the Parole Board after serving ten (10) years of my life sentence. However, I agree that it would not be in the best interest of society at any time for me to be released. I agree that it would be impossible for any arrangements to be made for my proper employment or maintenance and care and I do state under oath that I would not be able to fulfill my obligations as a law abiding citizen. Therefore, I have waived my rights to parole in this case being fully aware of those rights and request that parole never be granted to me if and when I am reviewed for parole by the State Parole Board. (5) I understand that under the Mississippi Law, I may not sue the Parole Board to require them to give me parole at any time. I waive my rights to parole with full knowledge that parole in Mississippi is not a Constitutionally protected liberty interest. (6) I have consulted with my attorneys. I have ”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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.