Sanders v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1990
Citation profile
7
cited by 7 later decisions
1
states following
September 2011
most recently cited
7 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Sanders v. State · State v. Wright · Leigh v. State · Eldridge v. State · State v. Sanders
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.
“The “escape rule” operates to deny the right of appeal to one who, following a conviction, has attempted to escape justice. [State v.] Wright, 763 S.W.2d [167] at 168 [ (Mo.App.1988) ]. Those who seek the protection of the legal system must be willing to abide by its rules and decisions. One may not selectively abide by the decisions of the courts. Id.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Canaday 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.