George v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

4 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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “An eligible defendant convicted after a trial or plea of guilty may petition the trial court for permission to file a belated notice of appeal of the conviction or sentence if: (1) the defendant failed to file a timely notice of appeal; (2) the failure to file a timely notice of appeal was not due to the fault of the defendant; and (3) the defendant has been diligent in requesting permission to file a belated notice of appeal under this rule.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Atwood v. State · Darby v. State

2. “the failure to perfect the appeal ... was not due to the fault of the defendant [and] the defendant has been diligent in requesting permission to pursue a belated appeal.”

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

3. “I. Whether the trial court abused its discretion by granting Atwood permission to file a belated notice of appeal.”

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