Roberson v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

2 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 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “We thus conclude that while the trial court, during the term of the original judgment and sentence, could have revoked the suspended sentence in whole or in part, up to five years, it was without authority to order additional suspended time past the term of the original judgment and sentence; accordingly, we conclude the trial court was without jurisdiction to issue any order in the case after September 14, 1975.”

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

2. “The court may revoke a portion of the sentence and leave the remaining part not revoked, but suspended for the remainder of the term of the sentence, and under the provisions applying to it.”

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

3. “the same is hereby REVOKED, as to the First One Year, the last Four Years to remain suspended, subject [to] being revoked for any subsequent violation of the terms of the original order.”

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