Hathaway v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1968
Citation profile
27 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 28 later decisions — most recently February 1995 · most notably Robbins v. State (1971), Dube v. State (1971)
27 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 MacHibroda v. United States · Witte v. Dowd, Warden · State Ex Rel. Cutsinger v. Spencer, Judge · Schmittler v. State · Kuhn 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 28 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“"It is now well settled in Indiana law that upon a plea of guilty being entered, the court may render judgment and sentence. 'Upon a plea of guilty it is not error for the court to enter judgment upon the plea without a finding of guilty upon the plea of guilty. It has been held by this court that the trial court has nothing to do upon a plea of guilty but to fix the amount of punishment and render judgment or sentence accordingly, for the reason that the defendant by his confession of guilt makes a finding unnecessary. This is but following the rule practiced at common law. Upon reason a judgment must first have something upon which to rest, either upon a finding by the court or upon a verdict of a jury. A plea of guilty, according to authorities, has been held sufficient foundation upon which to rest a judgment. 4 Blackstone's Commentaries, 829; Griffith v. State (1871) 86 Ind. 406 . * * ** Warner v. State (1924), 194 Ind. 426 , 148 N.E. 288 . See also: Witte v. Dowd, Warden (1951), 280 Ind. 485 , 102 N.E.2d 680 ; Machibroda v. United States (1962), 368 U.S. 487 , 82 S.Ct. 510 , 7 LEd.2d 473. Our research has not indicated that this is not still an accurate statement of the law. Any arguments as to the sufficiency of the evidence are not relevant. When the appellant chose to plead guilty and to waive a trial he also chose to waive the protection of having the charge proved against him. What must be considered is whether or not the plea was entered freely and understandingly”
2 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. Turner v. State · Turner v. State“If the accused’s constitutional rights have been clearly violated as shown by the record, the court will not be bound by procedural irregularities.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Palmer v. Lane
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.