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9 canonical passages across 7 cases, quoted by 545 opinions in total. These passages cluster together because the same opinions keep quoting them side by side: they state parts of one doctrine. The anchor passage is from Faulkner v. State.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Faulkner v. State Anchor | green | “the determination of whether habeas corpus relief should be granted is a question of law.” | 109 |
| 2 | Archer v. State | green | “habeas corpus relief is available in tennessee only when 'it appears upon the face of the judgment or the record of the proceedings upon which the judgment is rendered' that a convicting court was without jurisdiction or authority to sentence a defendant, or that a defendant's s…” | 97 |
| 3 | Taylor v. State | green | “a void judgment is one in which the judgment is facially invalid because the court lacked jurisdiction or authority to render the judgment or because the defendant's sentence has expired.” | 64 |
| 4 | Taylor v. State | green | “is one in which the judgment is facially invalid because the court lacked jurisdiction or authority to render the judgment or because the defendant's sentence has expired.” | 62 |
| 5 | Hart v. State | green | “de novo with no presumption of correctness afforded to the habeas corpus court.” | 59 |
| 6 | Summers v. State | green | “a voidable judgment is one that is facially valid and requires proof beyond the face of the record or judgment to establish its invalidity.” | 53 |
| 7 | State v. Ritchie | green | “in all cases where a petitioner must introduce proof beyond the record to establish the invalidity of his conviction, then that conviction by definition is merely voidable, and a tennessee court cannot issue the writ of habeas corpus under such circumstances.” | 34 |
| 8 | Archer v. State | green | “it appears upon the face of the judgment or the record of the proceedings upon which the judgment is rendered” | 34 |
| 9 | Tucker v. Morrow | green | “any person imprisoned or restrained of liberty” | 33 |
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