Jenkins v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

2 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 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “(2)(a) Any circuit court or county court may, upon its own motion, acting upon the advice and consent of the commissioner not earlier than thirty (30) days nor later than one (1) year after the defendant has been delivered to the custody of the department to which he has been sentenced, suspend the further execution of the sentence and place the defendant on earned probation. . . .”

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

2. “[p]olicy considerations dictate that neither this Court nor the Court of Appeals should actively engage or participate in any capacity in the post-conviction negotiation of plea bargains or sentencing and/or resentencing matters during the pendency of any criminal appeal at any stage.”

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

3. “our (Supreme Court) jurisdiction, nor that of the Court of Appeals, extends to the negotiation and imposition of plea bargains or original sentencing issues.”

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