In Re Murphy’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

24 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 24 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““Unless the record as a whole demonstrates the representation is so rife with shortcomings and of such low caliber as to amount to no representation, judgment of conviction on a plea of guilty will not be vitiated on the claim of inadequate counsel.””

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. In Re King · In Re Bousley

2. ““Whenever the court in good faith appoints or accepts the appearance of a member of the bar in good standing to represent a defendant the presumption is that such counsel is competent, otherwise he would not be in good standing at the bar and accepted by the court. The Constitution requirements have been met as to the necessity of counsel .... Unless the record as a whole demonstrates the representation is so rife with shortcomings and of such low caliber as to amount to no representation, judgment of conviction on a plea of guilty will not be vitiated on the claim of inadequate counsel.” In Re Murphy, 125 Vt. 272, 274 , 214 A.2d 317 (1965). (Citations omitted.)”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Magoon v. Smith, Warden