State v. Kempin’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

4 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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “A defendant must be informed of the waiver before the plea is accepted, and the justice or judge shall question the defendant to ensure that the plea and waiver are entered voluntarily.”

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

2. “The district court shall hear appeals from inferior courts as trials anew unless otherwise provided by law.”

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