Thacker v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

40 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 40 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““Whenever upon arraignment a plea of guilty to an indictment or affidavit charging a felony is accepted from any defendant, who on the date of arraignment or on a later day is sentenced upon said plea, the judge shall cause the court reporter to record the entire proceedings. . . . Thereafter in any proceeding questioning the validity of such arraignment, plea of guilty or judgment rendered thereon, such transcript shall be taken and considered as the record of the proceedings transcribed therein. . .”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Riley v. State · Ives v. State

2. ““Generally, a motion to withdraw a plead of guilty is addressed to the sound discretion of the trial court. Mahoney v. State (1925), 197 Ind. 335 , 149 N.E. 444 . Where the trial court overrules a motion to withdraw a Plea of Guilty this court, on appeal, will indulge a presumption in favor of the trial court’s ruling. Lamick v. State (1924), 196 Ind. 71 , 147 N.E. 139 . This court will generally not disturb the ruling of the trial court when such ruling was based on conflicting evidence. Atkinson v. State (1920), 190 Ind. 1 , 128 N.E. 433 . It is only where the trial court has abused its discretion in overruling appellant’s motion to withdraw a plea of guilty that the court will disturb such ruling.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Huff v. State