Riley v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

4 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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““In presenting this point appellant seeks to raise nothing more than an alleged trial error in the admission of evidence; a point available to him and which could have been but was not raised on the original appeal and which is foreign to the objects and purposes of a proceeding under Criminal Rule 27.26. The latter rule may not be used as a vehicle or sub stitute for a direct appeal involving mere trial errors.” 475 S.W.2d at 64 .”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Jones v. State

2. ““A proceeding under this Rule ordinarily cannot be used as a substitute for direct appeal involving mere trial errors or as a substitute for a second appeal. Mere trial errors are to be corrected by direct appeal, but trial errors affecting constitutional rights may be raised even . though the error could have been raised on appeal.” Rule 27.26(b) (3).”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Jones v. State