State v. Leger’s Empirical Analysis
1973
Citation profile
13
cited by 13 later decisions
1
states following
October 1986
most recently cited
13 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on North Carolina v. Alford · McCarthy v. United States · Wade v. Coiner · State v. Haile · State v. Burnside
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 13 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Verification of the fact that the court was aware of the `factual basis' for the pleas is found in the presentence reports which were before the court when sentences were pronounced.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Hill
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.