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Hickerson v. Maggio’s Empirical Analysis

691 F.2d 792 · 1982

Citation profile

34
cited by 34 later decisions
March 1999
most recently cited

19 federal appellate ·

Relationships

Applies 28 U.S.C. § 455

Relies on Hicks v. Oklahoma · United States v. Auten · Terrebonne v. Blackburn · Van Poyck v. Wainwright

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

  1. “On your finding of guilty of the offense of distribution of a controlled dangerous substance, to wit, heroin, it is the sentence of this Court to place you in the custody of the Department of Corrections for a period of life imprisonment at hard labor. I will grant you credit for time served from incarceration, June--July 29, 1976, until sentencing, and I will waive court costs.”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
  2. “was amply confirmed by the fact that this Court did not add to that sentence, without benefit of parole, probation, or suspension of sentence.”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
  3. “take place before a judge other than the one who pronounced sentence and denied the state habeas application,”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority

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.