Sykes v. State’s Empirical Analysis
2000
Citation profile
51 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 2241 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996)
Relies on Houston v. Lack · Spotville v. Cain · Cole v. State · 369 So. 2d 1381 - Mississippi Power Co. v. Jones · 727 So. 2d 716 - Ellis v. Anderson Tully Co.
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 52 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[A] pro se prisoner’s motion for post-conviction relief is delivered for filing under the [Mississippi Uniform Post-Conviction Collateral Relief Act] and the Mississippi Rules of Civil Procedure when the prisoner delivers the papers to prison authorities for mailing. Prison authorities may initiate such procedures as are necessary to document reliably the date of such delivery, by means of a prison mail log of legal mail or other expeditious means. Henceforth, an inmate’s certificate of service will not suffice as proof.”
9 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. Jewell v. State · Hackney v. State“a reasonable construction which will favor the preservation of the action.”
5 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. Jewell v. State · Mosby v. State“If a statute is not ambiguous, the court should apply the plain meaning of the statute.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage
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.