State v. Lovell’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

13 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 13 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “ultimate question of whether the trial court strictly complied with constitutional ... requirements for entry of a guilty plea is a question of law that is reviewed for correctness.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Wadsworth · State v. Ruiz

2. “failure to strictly comply with rule 11(e) requires us to presume harm and thus constitutes good cause to withdraw a guilty plea.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Alexander · State v. Mardoniz-Rosado

3. “any variance from the procedures required by this rule which does not affect substantial rights shall be disregarded.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Smith · State v. Alexander