State v. Knight’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

30 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 30 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[A] defendant who pleads guilty is prohibited from raising, on appeal, the contention that the State violated his constitutional rights prior to the plea.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 381 N.J. Super. 503 - State v. Owens · 443 N.J. Super. 577 - State of New Jersey v. Cecilio Davila

2. “Included within those constitutional rights that are deemed waived after entering an unconditional guilty plea are `the privilege against compulsory self-incrimination, the right to trial by jury, the right to confront one's accusers, and the right to a speedy trial.'”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 381 N.J. Super. 503 - State v. Owens · 394 N.J. Super. 430 - State v. Marolda

3. “suspect's age, education and intelligence, advice concerning constitutional rights [ Miranda warnings], length of detention, [and] whether the questioning was repeated and prolonged....”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 380 N.J. Super. 80 - State v. Fletcher · 396 N.J. Super. 72 - State v. Nyhammer