Perry v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

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

1. “the supreme court has initial jurisdiction over a post-conviction proceeding where that court is the one that last exercised jurisdiction in the case.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 994 So. 2d 862 - Dallas v. State · 174 So. 3d 323 - Michael Ducksworth v. State of Mississippi

2. “[A motion seeking post-conviction relief] shall be filed as an original civil action in the trial court, except in cases in which the prisoner’s conviction and sentence have been appealed to the supreme court of Mississippi and there affirmed or the appeal dismissed. Where the conviction and sentence have been affirmed on appeal or the appeal has been dismissed, the motion under this article shall not be filed in the trial court until the motion shall have first been presented to a quorum of the justices of the supreme court of Mississippi, convened for said purpose either in term-time or in vacation, and an order granted allowing the filing of such motion in the trial court.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 28 So. 3d 667 - Peterson v. State

3. “[w]here the conviction and sentence have been affirmed on appeal or the appeal has been dismissed, the motion under this chapter shall not be filed in the trial court until the motion shall have first been presented to . . . the [S]upreme [C]ourt of Mississippi. . . .”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 994 So. 2d 862 - Dallas v. State