Mills v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1989
Citation profile
20
cited by 20 later decisions
1
states following
February 1998
most recently cited
2 federal appellate · 18 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Riley v. State · State v. Rector · Shepherd v. State · State v. Mills
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 20 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The obvious purpose of the verification requirement ... is to discourage frivolous and unfounded allegations which must be addressed by trial courts already over burdened with a proliferation of post-conviction remedy motions.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. Malone v. State · West v. State“A motion to vacate a sentence must be submitted on a form substantially in compliance with the form appended hereto. The motion shall include every ground known to the prisoner for vacating, setting aside, or correcting his conviction and sentence. The prisoner shall verify the correctness of the motion, including the fact that he has recited all claims known to him.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Rodden v. State“In order for this motion to receive consideration by the Circuit Court, it shall be in writing (legibly handwritten or typewritten), signed by the petitioner and verified (notarized), and it shall set forth in concise form the answers to each applicable questions.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Rodden v. State
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.