State v. Reuschel’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

22 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 22 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Here, the tendered plea was to a lesser offense than the one charged and the court had the absolute right in its discretion to reject it. On the facts and circumstances of this case, it is apparent the court decided that it was neither satisfied nor justified in accepting the respondent’s tendered plea. The record demonstrates a solid basis for the court exercising its discretion in the manner it did. There is no error.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. In re Reuschel

2. “Every premeditated act is, of course, a wilful one; and deliberation and premeditation simply mean that the act was done with reflection and conceived beforehand. No specific length of time is required for such deliberation____ Every case must rest on its own circumstances.”

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

3. “When doubts arise in the mind of the court, as they did here, regarding the voluntariness of the plea by the respondent and his guardian ad litem its only course of action was in favor of the jury trial, the whole purpose of which is to protect the rights of the respondent.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. In re Reuschel