Thornton v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1968
Citation profile
16
cited by 16 later decisions
1
states following
May 1979
most recently cited
16 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.
“‘ ‘ * * * Until the contrary is shown, we will assume that a person who appears in court with an attorney of his choice has ample opportunity' to understand when he has entered a plea of guilty and the consequences thereof.””
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Thacker v. Urban“* * * It is within the discretion of the trial court to fix sentences within the limits prescribed by law, .... (Italics supplied.)”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Norton v. State
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.