205 N.C. App. 1 - State v. Maready’s Empirical Analysis

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21 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 22 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[T]he gravity of the consequences demands that the decision to plead guilty remain in the defendant's hands. When counsel admits his client's guilt without first obtaining the client's consent, the client's rights to a fair trial and to put the State to the burden of proof are completely swept away.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 246 N.C. App. 121 - State v. Givens · 218 N.C. App. 347 - State v. King

2. “[i]ssues ... in support of which no reason or argument is stated, will be taken as abandoned.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Fed. Nat'l Mortg. Ass'n v. Price · Fed. Nat'l Mortg. Ass'n v. Price

3. “A defendant’s right to plead “not guilty” has been carefully guarded by the courts. When a defendant enters a plea of “not guilty,” he preserves two fundamental rights. First, he preserves the right to a fair trial as provided by the Sixth Amendment. Second, he preserves the right to hold the government to proof beyond a reasonable doubt. A plea decision must be made exclusively by the defendant. “A plea of guilty or no contest involves the waiver of various fundamental rights such as the privilege against self-incrimination, the right of confrontation and the right to trial by jury.” State v. Sinclair, 301 N.C. 193, 197 , 270 S.E.2d 418, 421 (1980). Because of the gravity of the consequences, a decision to plead guilty must be made knowingly and voluntarily by the defendant after full appraisal of the consequences. Boykin v. Alabama, 395 U.S. 238 , 89 S.Ct. 1709 , 23 L. Ed. 2d 274 (1969); N.C.G.S. § 15A-1011 through § 15A-1026; State v. Sinclair, 301 N.C. 193 , 270 S.E.2d 418 (1980).”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 218 N.C. App. 347 - State v. King