State v. Dishong’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. “Before accepting a plea of guilty or no contest, the court shall address the defendant personally in open court, informing him of and determining that he understand the following: b. the nature and range of possible sentence for the offense to which the plea is offered, including any special conditions regarding sentence, parole, or commutation imposed by stat ute____”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. Lee · State v. James

2. “If appellant was not aware that he would not be eligible for parole until he had served his minimum sentence and was not aware that he was not entitled to good behavior or double time deduction until he had served one year of his sentence, it is apparent that he was prejudiced by his lack of understanding of the complete provisions of the sentencing statute.”

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