Sanders v. Johnston’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

9 federal appellate · 3 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 12 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “"Rule 32(b) prescribes a recital in the judgment of the several steps taken by the court during the progress of a case from the entry of a plea to the pronouncement of sentence. Such a recital in the judgment would be prima facie evidence that the steps set forth therein actually took place, but it does not follow that a failure to make such a recital in the written judgment nullifies steps which did in fact occur. “The enactment of Rule 32(b) had for its purpose the prescribing of a uniform practice for the guidance of trial courts in pronouncing judgment, so that by following its provisions confusion, such as exists in this case, would not result. However, it is the process actually employed which determines the legality of a conviction and not a failure to make written evidence of it in the judgment. In the event of failure to make such written evidence recourse to all the records of the court may be had * * (p. 737) (footnotes omitted) Also: Ogden v. United States, 323 F.2d 818 (9th Cir.1963).”

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

2. ““shall set forth the plea, the verdict or findings, and the adjudication and sentence * *”

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