State v. Johnson’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

123 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 124 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “In general, the only allowable challenges after a plea are those relating either to the voluntary and intelligent nature of the plea or the exercise of the trial court's jurisdiction.”

   12 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 169 Conn. App. 168 - State v. Simpson · 185 Conn. App. 686 - Diaz v. Commissioner of Correction

2. “"(1) The plea was accepted without substantial compliance with [Practice Book § ] 39-19 ; "(2) The plea was involuntary, or it was entered without knowledge of the nature of the charge or without knowledge that the sentence actually imposed could be imposed; "(3) The sentence exceeds that specified in a plea agreement which had been previously accepted, or in a plea agreement on which the judicial authority had deferred its decision to accept or reject the agreement at the time the plea of guilty was entered; "(4) The plea resulted from the denial of effective assistance of counsel; "(5) There was no factual basis for the plea; or "(6) The plea either was not entered by a person authorized to act for a corporate defendant or was not subsequently ratified by a corporate defendant."”

   5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 169 Conn. App. 168 - State v. Simpson · 117 Conn. App. 436 - State v. Hanson

3. “(1) The nature of the charge to which the plea is offered;”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 169 Conn. App. 168 - State v. Simpson · 123 Conn. App. 286 - State v. Claudio