Flint v. Sharkey’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

30 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 30 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““A defendant may plead not guilty, guilty or, with the consent of the court, nolo contendere. The court may refuse to accept a plea of guilty, and shall not accept such plea or a plea of nolo con-tendere without first addressing the defendant personally and determining that the plea is made voluntarily with understanding of the nature of the charge and the consequences of the plea. * * * The court shall not enter a judgment upon a plea of guilty or nolo contendere unless it is satisfied that there is a factual basis for the plea.””

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Williams · State v. Frazar

2. ““If a nolo or guilty plea was entered subsequent to Cole , such a plea may be vacated if the sentencing judge failed to ascertain if the accused knew of the effect of his plea and failed to inform the accused with respect thereto if he did not, unless it can be shown that the accused was, at the time he pleaded, otherwise sufficiently informed as to the nature of his plea and the consequences thereof.” 107 R. I. at 537, 268 A.2d at 718.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Alessio v. Howard

3. ““motivated by the defendant’s desire to accept the . . . probability of a lesser penalty rather than face a wider range of possibilities extending from acquittal to conviction and a higher penalty authorized by law for the crime charged.” (p. 751, 90 S.Ct. p. 1470)”

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