State v. Caldwell’s Empirical Analysis
1967
Citation profile
51 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 51 later decisions — most recently February 2019 · most notably State v. Wynn (1971), State v. Cameron (1973)
51 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 Johnson v. Zerbst · State v. Bruce · Miller v. State · State v. Weaver · State v. Doughtie
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 51 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““Defendant has not shown that there has been any violation of his fundamental constitutional rights or that he was denied the substance of a fair trial in a situation where he was not in a position to protect himself because of ignorance, duress, or other reasons for which he should not be held responsible. The record shows affirmatively that defendant, who was represented by counsel, understood the charges against him, the nature and effect of his pleas of guilty, and the maximum sentences which might lawfully be imposed upon him if he entered such pleas, and that he entered the pleas of guilty to the offenses charged voluntarily, without threats or inducements or promises, and with a full understanding of the effect and possible consequences of such pleas of guilty. . . . Even if defendant had not been warned by . . . anyone of his constitutional rights, it seems manifest under the particular facts of this case and his pleas of guilty as above set forth that he intentionally, understandingly, and voluntarily relinquished or abandoned such rights. Johnson v. Zerbst, 304 U.S. 458 , 82 L. Ed. 1461 , 146 A.L.R. 357 .” State v. Caldwell, 269 N.C. 521 , 153 S.E. 2d 34 .”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage““The plea of guilty waives any defect which is not jurisdictional. It is a confession of guilt in the manner and form as charged in the indictment. An accused by pleading guilty waives all defenses other than that the indictment charges no offense. He also waives the right to trial and the incidents thereof and the constitutional guarantees with respect to the conduct of criminal prosecutions. . . . See 4 Wharton, Criminal Law and Procedure, § 1901; 5 id. § 2012; 2 Underhill, Criminal Evidence (5th Ed.) § 398; 14 Am. Jur., Criminal Law, § 272 ; 22 C.J.S. Criminal Law, § 424; see also Grasso v. Frattolillo, 111 Conn. 209, 212 , 149 A. 838 ; Weir v. United States, 92 F. 2d 634 , 114 A.L.R. 481 (7th Cir.), cert. denied, 302 U.S. 761 , 58 S. Ct. 368 , 82 L. Ed. 590 , rehearing denied 302 U.S. 781 .””
2 later decisions quote this exact passage
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.