In Re Roach’s Empirical Analysis

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9 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 9 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “a convicted person is entitled to credit against his sentence for time spent erroneously at liberty due to the State's negligence, provided that the convicted person has not contributed to his release, has not absconded legal obligations while at liberty, and has had no further criminal convictions.”

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

2. “credit against his sentence for time spent at liberty due to 'simple or mere negligence on behalf of the government' and 'provided the delay in execution of sentence was through no fault [of the convicted person].'”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 385 Wis. 2d 633 - State v. Zachary S. Friedlander

3. “an equitable doctrine of relief for a prisoner released from state custody due to the State's negligence.”

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