Richard v. MacAskill’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

19 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 19 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “If Boykin is satisfied by a record indicating that the trial court affirmatively enquired into the defendant’s volition in entering the plea and into his appreciation of those consequences emphasized in the Boykin opinion, and if there is thus a basis on the face of the record for the original court’s conclusion that the plea was voluntary and knowing, the criminal defendant will bear the burden to demonstrate by clear and convincing evidence that the trial court was wrong and that his plea was either involuntary or unknowing for the -reason he specifically claims.”

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

2. “[f]or the purpose of review on direct appeal, Boykin requires an affirmative showing on the record that a criminal defendant’s plea of guilty was entered voluntarily and with knowledge that its entry waived the privilege against compelled self-incrimination and the rights to be tried by jury and to confront adverse witnesses.”

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