Morrison v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

5 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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““because the expiration date of the April 20, 1993, sentence was beyond the expiration date of the 15-year sentence, the sentence imposed on April 20, 1993, in essence caused the 15-year sentence to cease to exist, and the appellant no longer benefitted from any good time he may have acquired on the 15-year sentence.””

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Montgomery v. State · Corley v. State

2. ““he was sentenced on January 27, 1986, to serve 15 years in prison after being convicted of unlawful distribution of marijuana. On April 20, 1993, he was sentenced to serve 10 years in prison after being convicted of unlawful distribution of a controlled substance, which offense he committed while on parole. This latter sentence, which he -began serving on April 20, 1993, was to be served concurrently with the prior, 15-year sentence for unlawful distribution.””

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