Jackson 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. ““A writ of error coram nobis is a civil action, Peterson v. State, 476 S.W.2d 608, 611 (Mo.1972), which lies from some unknown fact, going to the right of the court to proceed, which entirely defeats the power of the court to attain a valid result in the proceeding, State v. Campbell, 307 S.W.2d 486, 489 (Mo.1957), and which fact was, at the time of trial, unknown to the party seeking relief, and to the court. Howard v. State, 493 S.W.2d 14, 19 (Mo.App.1973). The right to relief under a writ of coram nobis is not absolute. Nor is the writ allowed as of course or as a matter of right. Blodgett v. State, 245 S.W.2d 839, 843 (Mo.1952). The burden of proof is on the movant to prove his case by a preponderance of the evidence. State v. Davis, 438 S.W.2d 232, 234 (Mo.1969) and Howard v. State, 493 S.W.2d 14, 19 (Mo.App.1973).””

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