State v. Johnson’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

4 federal appellate · 10 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 14 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “`(ii) Withdrawal is necessary to correct a manifest injustice whenever the defendant proves that: "`(1) he was denied the effective assistance of counsel guaranteed to him by constitution, statute, or rule; "`(2) the plea was not entered or ratified by the defendant or a person authorized to so act in his behalf; "`(3) the plea was involuntary, or was entered without knowledge of the charge or that the sentence actually imposed could be imposed; or "`(4) he did not receive the charge or sentence concessions contemplated by the plea agreement and the prosecuting attorney failed to seek or not to oppose those concessions as promised in the plea agreement....'”

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