State v. Garcia’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

79 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 79 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “(1) the nature of the charge to which the plea is offered; (2) the mandatory minimum penalty provided by law, if any, and the maximum possible penalty provided by law for the offense to which the plea is offered; (3) that the defendant has the right to plead not guilty, or to persist in that plea if it has already been made; (4) that if the defendant pleads guilty, no contest or guilty but mentally ill there will not be a further trial of any kind, so that by pleading guilty, no contest or guilty but mentally ill the defendant waives the right to a trial; and (5) that, if the defendant is convicted of a crime, it may have an effect upon the defendant’s immigration or naturalization status.”

   5 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Marquez v. Hatch · State v. Paredez

2. “A motion to withdraw a guilty plea is addressed to the sound discretion of the trial court, and we review the trial court’s denial of such a motion only for abuse of discretion. A court abuses its discretion when it is shown to have acted unfairly, arbitrarily, or committed manifest error. A denial of a motion to withdraw a guilty plea constitutes manifest error when the undisputed facts establish that the plea was not knowingly and voluntarily given.”

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

3. “has been informed of the nature of the charges, acts sufficient to constitute the offense, the right to plead not guilty, the right to a jury trial, the right to counsel, and the permissible range of sentences.”

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