52 So. 3d 1188 - Long v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

18 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 18 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Pursuant to Mississippi Code Section 99-19-83, the maximum term of life imprisonment will be imposed if the State can prove beyond a reasonable doubt that the defendant has previously been convicted of two or more felonies on charges separately brought and arising out of separate indictments at different times, that the defendant was sentenced to and served separate terms of one year or more in any state or federal penal institution, and that at least one such felony was a crime of violence.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Watts v. State · 241 So. 3d 599 - Tony Swinney v. State of Mississippi

2. “convicted twice previously of any felony or federal crime upon charges separately brought and arising out of separate incidents at different times and ... sentenced to and served separate terms of one (1) year or more in any state and/or federal penal institution, whether in this state or elsewhere, and ... any one (1) of such felonies shall have been a crime of violence....”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Taylor v. State · London v. State

3. “[t]he members of the jury were charged with the duty to make a finding of guilt based on the testimony and evidence presented at trial.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Jason Cunningham McGrath v. State of Mississippi · O'Connor v. State