Schmidt v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

20 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 22 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[T]his holding does not diminish a court’s obligation to conduct sueh an inquiry if — after a plea is entered but before sentence is imposed — the court receives information raising an obvious doubt as to whether the defendant is in fact guilty. In such circumstances, the trial court should inquire into the factual basis of the plea, either to dispel the doubt or to allow the defendant to plead anew.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Fowler v. State · State v. Horkley

2. “it would be inappropriate, and unjustified in this case, for us to impose an additional procedural requirement of assistance of counsel in such matters.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Hall · Sosa v. State

3. “Normally the record contains either an explanation of the charge by the trial judge, or at least a representation by defense counsel that the nature of the offense has been explained to the accused. Moreover, even without such an express representation, it may be appropriate to presume that in most cases defense counsel routinely explain the nature of the offense in sufficient detail to give the accused notice of what he is being asked to admit.”

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