Hartmann v. Carroll’s Empirical Analysis
492 F.3d 478 · 2007
Citation profile
7 federal appellate · 5 district ·
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1291 · 28 U.S.C. § 2244 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996) · 28 U.S.C. § 2253 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996) · 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996)
Relies on Haines v. Kerner · Duncan v. Walker · Michael Wayne Williams v. John Taylor Warden · George Duncan Superintendent Great Meadow Correctional Facility v. Sherman Walker · Lawrence v. Florida
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 20 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[u]nlike Delaware Superior Court Criminal Rule 35(a), which allows a court to correct an illegal sentence, and Rule 61, which governs the procedures by which a person can challenge a judgment on the ground that the court lacked jurisdiction or on any other ground that is a sufficient factual and legal basis for a collateral attack, Rule 35(b) allows for a reduction of sentence without regard to the existence of a legal defect. A Rule 35(b) motion is a plea for leniency, directed toward the sentencing court, which seeks discretionary relief based on mercy and grace, rather than on the law.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.