230 Wis. 2d 643 - State v. Scott’s Empirical Analysis
1999
Citation profile
26 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 26 later decisions — most recently February 2023 · most notably State v. Williams (2002), State v. Howard (2001)
26 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 Strickland v. Washington · Santobello v. New York · Mabry v. Johnson · 92 Wis. 2d 797 - State v. MacHner · 124 Wis. 2d 628 - State v. Pitsch
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 26 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[W]e also look to contract law principles to determine a criminal defendant's rights [under plea agreements]... [T]he analogy of plea agreements to private contracts is not precise. The constitutional concerns undergirding a defendant's 'contract rights' in a plea agreement demand broader and more vigorous protection than those accorded private contractual commitments.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Robinson · State v. Baker“Prior to sentencing, Paske conspired to escape from jail and was found guilty of that offense after the original plea agreement had been reached. In light of that development, the State made a new offer which included the escape charge coupled with the obligation to make no sentencing recommendation .... In the instant case, the State reached a plea agreement with Scott. Scott entered no contest pleas pursuant to the agreement. He relinquished his "bargaining chip." Thereafter, the State reconsidered its sentencing recommendation and unilaterally sought to modify the sentencing recommendation. Once Scott and the State reached an agreement and the no contest pleas were entered, Scott did nothing to contravene, violate or breach the agreement. Thus, Scott had a constitutional right to seek enforcement of the plea agreement.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent“The differences between Paske and the present case are palpable, and consequently, we reject the State's reliance on the Paske case. Prior to sentencing, Paske conspired to escape from jail and was found guilty of that offense after the original plea agreement had been reached .... In the instant case.. . [o]nce Scott and the State reached an agreement and the no contest pleas were entered, Scott did nothing to contravene, violate or breach the agreement. Thus, Scott had a constitutional right to seek enforcement of the plea agreement.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
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