Lovie v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

5 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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “On a plea of guilty ... the defendant and the district attorney may agree to recommend an appropriate punishment. The court may defer its decision upon the recommendation until it has considered the presentence report. If the court accepts the recommendation, it shall impose the specified punishment or a lesser punishment. If the court rejects the recommendation, the defendant may withdraw the plea.”

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

2. “The right established by the final sentence of NRS 174.065(3) is designed to facilitate the withdrawal of a guilty plea when the district court imposes a punishment greater than that contemplated by the plea agreement. For this right to be meaningful, the district court must afford the defendant an opportunity to exercise it.”

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