State v. Sepulveda’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

8 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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[pjresupposes a disposition of the case in the same context as a trial in which it is assumed that after hearing all of the evidence the judge will decide the case in the exact way the parties have agreed. If, after having heard all of the evidence, the judge cannot so decide the case, in fairness to the parties, the judge should declare a mistrial. The analogy between a rejected plea bargain and a mistrial is so compelling to us that we feel that rule 8.2(d) should apply.”

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

2. “Neither a pre-sentence report nor any statement made in connection with its preparation shall be admissible as evidence in any proceeding bearing on the issue of guilt.”

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