State v. Mara’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

6 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. “Familiar and basic principles of law reinforced by simple justice require that when an accused withdraws his guilty plea the status quo ante must be restored. When a plea agreement has been rescinded the parties are placed by the law in the position each had before the contract was entered into. Here defendant agreed to plead guilty to murder in order to obtain a reciprocal benefit: the forbearance of the prosecutor in not amending the information to seek the death penalty. When a defendant withdraws his plea, the prosecutor is no longer bound; counts dismissed may be restored.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. Gomes

2. “that [the defendant] did not (a) release [the complainant] alive, (b) prior to trial, (c) voluntarily, (d) not suffering from serious or substantial bodily injury, or (e) in a safe place.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. Alston

3. “the defendant voluntarily released the victim, alive and not suffering from serious or substantial bodily injury, in a safe place prior to trial.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. Alston