Swoape v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1983
Citation profile
5
cited by 5 later decisions
1
states following
April 1991
most recently cited
5 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Carvajal v. State · Waythe v. State · Shaw v. State · Ex Parte White · Ex Parte Montgomery
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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“It ha[d] long been a general rule that a prior conviction cannot be used more than once to enhance punishment... And this rule has been held to apply when two cases are tried together....”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Russell v. State“not less than five years nor more than 99 years,”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Russell v. State
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.