Widener v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1972
Citation profile
2 district · 56 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 58 later decisions — most recently June 2014 · most notably State v. Gleason (2004), Winter v. State (1972)
2 district · 56 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on Boykin v. Alabama · McCarthy v. United States · New York Stock Exchange v. Legate · State v. Richardson · Baker v. State
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 58 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““(a) Before or during trial a plea of guilty or nolo contendere may be accepted when: “(4) the court is satisfied that there is a factual basis for the plea.””
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“In McCarthy v. United States, 394 U.S. 459 , 89 S.Ct. 1166 , 22 L.Ed.2d 418 [ (1969) ], a federal court rule was held to require that the sentencing federal court not accept a plea of guilty until and unless the defendant was addressed personally by the court, that the federal court had determined there was a factual basis for the plea and that the defendant understood the nature of the charge and the consequence of the plea. In Boykin v. Alabama, 395 U.S. 238 , 89 S.Ct. 1709 , 23 L.Ed.2d 274 [ (1969) ], this federal rule in McCarthy was fastened on the states as a requirement of due process through the Fourteenth Amendment. In Kansas, statutory requirements [to K.S.A.1971 Supp. 22-3210] acknowledge the thrust of these federal cases.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority““[Ojn June 11, 1970, in the night-time, Mr. Widener had unlawfully, feloniously and burglariously broke into a concession stand in the city ball park in Arkansas City by ripping tin from the roof of the stand, entered an inner room by opening a window and had stolen and carried away various described items of merchandise located therein which were tire property of the Arkansas City, Kansas Baseball Association.” 210 Kan. at 239 .”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. State v. Ebaben
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.