Mickens v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

12 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 12 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Iwlhen a post-conviction. court does not find waiver and denies the petition on other grounds, if the petitioner appeals the State can argue waiver in its appellee's brief without filing a cross-appeal on the issue.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Bunch v. State · Walker v. State

2. “[If a praecipe rather than a motion to correct error is filed by a party in the trial court, the opposing party may raise any grounds as crossg-errors ... in the appellate brief....”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. INB Banking Co. v. Opportunity Options, Inc.

3. “Waiver is an affirmative defense to a petition for post-conviction relief. The State therefore must present a waiver claim before a court can find waiver.”

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