Medley v. Stephens’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

14 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 16 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““The Court, very properly, on January 4, 1965, (date of appellant’s plea of guilty), had all court pro ceedings relating to the charge against Medley reported by the official court reporter. We think it appropriate to commend the Jefferson Circuit Court for adopting this procedure in receiving pleas of guilty. It will at once be recognized that, in subsequent hearings on petitions for post-conviction relief, after a plea of guilty (wherein allegations are contained that such plea was entered through mistake — or duress — or without being advised of the right to counsel), nothing is left to guesswork. The complete record is available. There is no need for the judge 5 — or the prosecuting attorney — nor any other person — to testify from memory, and we recommend that, where possible, all trial courts, in accepting pleas of guilty, direct that a record be made of all proceedings therein,” 5A”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Orman v. Bishop