Ex Parte Rawlinson’s Empirical Analysis

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4 state decisions

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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. “If a subsequent application for writ of habeas corpus is filed after final disposition of an initial application challenging the same conviction a court may not consider the merits of or grant relief based on the subsequent application unless [an exception applies].”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. Ex Parte McPherson · Ex Parte Evans

2. “Challenge. To object or except to; to formally call into question ... the sufficiency or validity of an instrument; to call or put in question; to put into dispute; ... Conviction. In a general sense, the result of a criminal trial which ends in a judgment or sentence that the accused is guilty as charged. The final consummation of the prosecution including the judgment or sentence, or as is frequently the case, the judgment or sentence itself. The stage of a criminal proceeding where the issue of guilt is determined.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. Ex Parte Evans

3. “Both the definition of conviction and this Court's case law regarding writ applications lead us to the conclusion that the procedural bar of § 4 is limited to instances in which the initial application raises claims regarding the validity of the prosecution or the judgment of guilt.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. Ex Parte McPherson