Hellman v. Rhodes’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

2 federal appellate · 7 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. “Pursuant to Crim. P. 32(c), a judgment of conviction is composed of a recital of the results of several procedural steps, not all of which necessarily occur simultaneously. It is not until the last step has been completed, whether it be sentencing or the imposition of costs, and a judgment has been entered reciting “the plea, the verdict or findings, the sentence, the finding of the amount of presentence confinement and costs, if any are assessed against the defendant,” that the [conviction becomes final].”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Morgan v. Gertz

2. “a recital of the plea, the verdict of findings, the sentence, the finding of the amount of presentence confinement, and costs, if any are assessed against the defendant”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. People v. Sharp

3. “The fact that [defendant] appeals trial issues rather than sentencing issues has no bearing on the timeliness of filing his appeal.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. People v. Sharp