Martin v. Page’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. ““Petitioner cites Lamb v. Page, Okl. Cr., 482 P.2d 615 (1971), as authority for his position. However, Lamb is distinguishable from the instant case in that Lamb was at the penitentiary under more than one sentence. Lamb was initially booked in under the sentence we later held to be void. As a matter of fairness in that particular situation, this Court allowed time served under the voided sentence to apply toward fulfillment of existing sentences Lamb ‘May now be serving.’ For if not booked in on the voided sentence, Lamb would have been serving the other sentences.” 484 P.2d at 1321 .”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Mason v. Anderson

2. ““[T]wo accept petitioner’s proposition that time served on a voided conviction may be credited to satisfy any subsequently incurred sentences for entirely different future offenses would be of questionable wisdom. It might well work a travesty on the law as permitting a license to commit crime by one who has several prison years to his credit on a voided conviction which could be charged off against some future criminal act he might perform. This would negate any deterrent effect of criminal justice.””

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