970 So. 2d 1309 - Ducote v. State’s Empirical Analysis
2007
Citation profile
8 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Brown v. State · 687 So. 2d 1124 - Foster v. State · 607 So. 2d 1184 - Wallace v. State · 554 So. 2d 313 - Trotter v. State · 691 So. 2d 929 - Mississippi Commission on Judicial Performance v. Russell
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 9 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“upon its own motion, acting upon the advice and consent of the commissioner not earlier than thirty (30) days nor later than one (1) year after the defendant has been delivered to the custody of the department, to which he has been sentenced, suspend the further execution of the sentence and place the defendant on earned probation....”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“Regarding post-conviction relief appeals, this Court will not disturb the findings of the trial court unless they are found to be clearly erroneous.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“[o]nce a case has been terminated and the term of court ends, a circuit court is powerless to alter or vacate its judgment,”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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.