Collins v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

19 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 20 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““All the decisions are to the effect that the writ lies only to correct errors of fact, in ignorance or disregard of which the judgment was pronounced, to relieve from which no other remedy exists. None of the courts has used it to relieve from the misfortune of being unable to prosecute an appeal for the correction of errors of law.” (p. 203.)”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. Miller

2. ““The application for a writ of error coram nobis must show that, if the facts upon which the error is predicated had been presented to the trial court, the judgment complained of could not have been entered.” (Dobbs v. The State, 63 Kan. 321 , 65 Pac. 658 , syl. ¶ 3.)”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. Choquette

3. ““That writ lies only to correct the record of the trial itself in matters of fact existing at the time of the pronouncement of the judgment, in respect of which the court was unadvised, but had it been advised, the judgment would not have been pronounced.” (p. 202.)”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. Hawkins