State v. Polk’s Empirical Analysis

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1 state decisions

Most-quoted passages

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1. “If the entire sentence had been set aside due to a substantive or procedural flaw in the original sentencing hearing or to lack of jurisdiction, and if the case then been remanded for an entirely new penalty hearing, a different result might well follow.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Sills v. State

2. “Section 115. This act shall not affect rights and duties that matured, penalties that were incurred, or proceedings that were begun before its effective date.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Sills v. State