State v. Wright’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

126 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 126 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““(1) The nature of the charge to which the plea is offered; “(2) The mandatory minimum sentence, if any; “{3) The fact that the statute for the particular offense does not permit the sentence to be suspended; “(4) The maximum possible sentence on the charge, including, if there are several charges, the maximum sentence possible from consecutive sen- fences and including, when applicable, the fact that a different or additional punishment may be authorized by reason of a previous conviction; and “(5) The fact that he has the right to plead not guilty or to persist in that plea if it has already been made, and the fact that he has the right to be tried by a jury or a judge and that at that trial he has the right to the assistance of counsel, the right to confront and cross-examine witnesses against him, and the right not to be compelled to incriminate himself.””

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

2. “a prima facie case of discriminatory purpose by virtue of showing substantial underrepresentation of a cognizable group [then the burden shifts to] the state to refute the existence of an equal protection violation by showing the use of racially neutral selection criteria.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 1998 Conn. Super. Ct. 6809 - State v. Gibbs, No. Cr-93-89935 (Jun. 17, 1998)