State v. Brown’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

2 federal appellate · 125 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 129 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “If you are not a citizen of the United States of America, you are advised that a plea of guilty or no contest for the offense [or offenses] with which you are charged may result in deportation, the exclusion from admission to this country or the denial of naturalization, under federal law,”

   20 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. State v. Timothy L. Finley, Jr. · 386 Wis. 2d 76 - State v. Corey R. Fugere

2. “(1) make[s] a prima facie showing of a violation of Wis. Stat. § 971.08 (1) or other court-mandated duties by pointing to passages or gaps in the plea hearing transcript; and (2) allege[s] that the defendant did not know or understand the information that should have been provided at the plea hearing.”

   10 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. State v. Timothy L. Finley, Jr. · State v. Gerald D. Taylor

3. “When a defendant seeks to withdraw a guilty plea after sentencing, he must prove, by clear and convincing evidence, that a refusal to allow withdrawal of the plea would result in 'manifest injustice.'”

   10 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 386 Wis. 2d 76 - State v. Corey R. Fugere · 387 Wis. 2d 119 - State v. Javien Cajujuan Pegeese