Colvin v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1986
Citation profile
8
cited by 8 later decisions
2
states following
February 1995
most recently cited
8 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Holliness v. State · Holliness 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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“"... to afford at least one post-conviction petition to prisoners having claims and to make that one as fully developed and complete as is reasonably and humanly possible. Success in achieving this purpose is the best way of rendering subsequent petitions unnecessary. Summary dismissal of a first pro se petition before amendment by the Public Défender quite to the contrary frustrates this important goal.””
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Clay v. State“dismissal after the Public Defender has made an appearance on behalf of the pro se petitioner and before an amended petition has been filed, can be made only after an order to show cause why the petition should not be dismissed pursuant to TR. 41(E).”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Joseph v. State“equated [Holliness's petition's] denial to a dismissal because the Public Defender had filed an appearance but had not filed an amended petition within sixty days.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Joseph v. State
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.