Sumrell v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

14 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 15 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Every person convicted in this state of a felony who shall have been convicted twice previously of any felony or federal crime upon charges separately brought and arising out of separate incidents at different times and who shall have been sentenced to and served separate terms of one (1) year or more in any state and/or federal penal institution, whether in this state or elsewhere, and where any one (1) of such felonies shall have been a crime of violence shall be sentenced to life imprisonment, and such sentence shall not be reduced or suspended nor shall such person be eligible for parole or probation.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Thomas v. State · 607 F. Supp. 2d 748 - SUMRELL v. Mississippi

2. “[w]hile pro se litigants are afforded some leniency, they must be held to substantially the same standards of litigation conduct as members of the bar.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 242 So. 3d 942 - Eddie Earl Davis v. State of Mississippi · 262 So. 3d 588 - Larry D. Waldon v. State of Mississippi

3. “a threshold comparison of the crime committed to the sentence imposed leads to an inference of 'gross disproportionality.'”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Thomas v. State · 245 So. 3d 457 - Rickey Portis v. State of Mississippi