Morris v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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3 state decisions

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

1. ““It is well settled that ‘a petition for writ of habeas corpus is the proper procedure to test whether the state has properly calculated the amount of time an inmate must serve in prison.’ Morris v. State, 565 So.2d 288, 289 (Ala.Cr.App.1990); Risner v. State, 522 So.2d 336 (Ala.Cr.App.1988).””

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 677 So. 2d 824 - Grier v. State · 598 So. 2d 1058 - Warren v. State

2. “"We find that appellant has alleged facts that, if true, are sufficient to establish that his IGT prior to his parole revocation was improperly compiled. Although appellant included a copy of a prison department computer printout concerning his release date, this court cannot tell from it whether he has in fact received the proper amount of good time due him. Mead v. State, 475 So.2d 645 (Ala.Cr.App.1985). Since the rest of the record sheds no further light upon the method of appellant’s pre-parole IGT compilation, we deem it necessary that a hearing by the trial court be held to determine whether it was properly compiled under the standards of Ex parte Powers, supra.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Carlile v. Alabama Department of Corrections