795 So. 2d 539 - Beasley v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

8 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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “(1) Any prisoner in custody under sentence of a court of record of the State of Mississippi who claims: . . . (g) That his sentence has expired; his probation, parole or conditional release unlawfully revoked; or he is otherwise unlawfully held in custody; . . . may file a motion to vacate, set aside or correct the judgment or sentence, or for an out-of-time appeal.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Thomas v. State · 829 So. 2d 1287 - Rogers v. State

2. “reluctant to dismiss a proceeding because one seeks the wrong remedy; and a mere misnomer of the procedure should ordinarily not result in a dismissal . . . the attempt to appeal an unappealable order is a total departure from the orderly administration of justice and cannot and should not be approved.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Thomas v. State · 952 So. 2d 1039 - Swift v. State

3. “[a]n order revoking a suspension of sentence or revoking probation is not appealable.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 966 So. 2d 1266 - Payne v. State · 856 So. 2d 328 - State v. Oliver