State v. Ketterer’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

515 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 515 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “A motion to withdraw a plea of guilty or no contest may be made only before sentence is imposed; but to correct manifest injustice the court after sentence may set aside the judgment of conviction and permit the defendant to withdraw his or her plea.”

   8 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Swinson · State v. Enyart

2. “Ohio courts of appeals have applied res judicata to bar the assertion of claims in a motion to withdraw guilty plea that were or could have been raised at trial or on appeal.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Swinson · State v. Ford

3. “'does not confer upon the trial court the power to vacate a judgment which has been affirmed by the appellate court'”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Enyart · State v. Fisher