Waserman v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

7 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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Abandonment “means conduct that is tantamount to ‘a total default in carrying out the obligations imposed upon appointed counsel’ under the rules.” Russell v. State, 39 S.W.3d 52, 54 (Mo.App.E.D.2001) (quoting State v. Bradley, 811 S.W.2d 379, 384 (Mo. banc 1991)). “ ‘Abandonment’ is limited to situations where appointed counsel completely and without explanation failed to file a motion on the defendant’s behalf, where counsel filed an amended motion untimely, or where counsel filed a motion so patently defective that it amounted to a ‘nullity.’ ” Russell at 54 (internal citations omitted).”

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

2. “the rule’s purpose is to “aid in the constitutionally required determination that a defendant enter a plea of guilty intelligently and voluntarily.” “When the trial court enters a judgment on a guilty plea that is not supported by a factual basis, the judgment is not rendered invalid for lack of subject matter jurisdiction.””

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