State v. Dye’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

39 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 39 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “if it wishes to indict a defendant for murder after the court has accepted a negotiated guilty plea to a lesser offense and the victim later dies of injuries sustained in the crime. Carpenter at 62, 623 N.E.2d 66 . Requiring the state to reserve the right to initiate future prosecutions”

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

2. “[b]ecause the defendant's constitutional rights are at stake in the plea process, the concerns underlying a plea agreement differ from and go beyond those of commercial contract law.”

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

3. “effect must be given to the intention of the state and the defendant in their plea bargain, and courts should enforce what they perceive to be the terms of the original agreement.”

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