State v. Ellis’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

44 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 44 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “determine that [defendant] understands the following: a. The nature of the charge to which the plea is offered * * *; b. The nature and range of possible sentence for the offense to which the plea is offered; c. The constitutional rights which he foregoes by pleading guilty or no contest, including his right to counsel if he is not represented by counsel; and d. His right to plead not guilty. Rule 17.2, Arizona Rules of Criminal Procedure, 17 A.R.S.”

   5 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Denney · State v. Bernal

2. ““[violations of the rule do not necessarily require the plea to be vacated. The appellate court should examine the sentence actually imposed. If the sentence contains any provision that the defendant was not aware of, that affects the manner in which the sentence or date of parole is computed, either the guilty plea should be vacated or the case remanded to determine if the defendant was actually aware of the provision absent from the record. As we stated in [State v.] Cuth-bertson, [ 570 P.2d 1075 ] supra, ‘[h]owever, if the defendant was not prejudiced by his lack of understanding of the complete provisions of the sentencing statute, the error is not reversible error.’ 570 P.2d at 1077 .” State v. Ellis, 117 Ariz. 329, 333 , 572 P.2d 791, 795 (1977).”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Denney · State v. Dishong