138 Wash. App. 745 - State v. Ice’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

6 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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “A petitioner who pleaded guilty and who subsequently seeks relief from personal restraint, on the basis of newly discovered evidence, must show that his plea was coerced or obtained in violation of due process. In other words, the petitioner must show a manifest injustice warranting withdrawal of his guilty plea.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. In Re Reise

2. “No Washington court has addressed whether newly discovered evidence, in the form of additional witness testimony, constitutes a manifest injustice warranting withdrawal of a guilty plea where the new testimony directly contradicts the evidence supporting the conviction.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. In Re Reise

3. “In the context of an Alford plea, a manifest injustice exists if the newly discovered evidence, when viewed in balance with the record, changes the factual basis for the plea.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. In Re Spencer