Skiles v. Commonwealth’s Empirical Analysis
1988
Citation profile
4
cited by 4 later decisions
2
states following
April 2018
most recently cited
4 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on United States v. DiFrancesco · Bozza v. United States · State v. Burkhart · Niece v. State · 175 Ga. App. 685 - Wallace v. State
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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[t]he rule that a trial court which has imposed an unlawful sentence can correct that sentence at any time appears to be the majority position in those jurisdictions which have considered the matter.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Phon v. Com. of Ky.“the court's subsequent correction of the [unlawful sentence] was not only authorized but required.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Phon v. Com. of Ky.“the rule [was] sound and [did] not offend any right of the defendant.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Phon v. Com. of Ky.
How this case has been treated — in progress
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