Parsley v. Commonwealth’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

2 federal appellate · 7 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 9 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““* * * In addition to legal rights and guarantees common justice demands that every person accused of a felony' be given a fair and impartial trial. This would include the informing of an accused at the beginning of his trial by the judge relative to his legal rights and guarantees; and especially is this true where a plea of guilty is offered and entertained. It is incumbent upon the trial judge to determine whether the waiver of a right to be represented by counsel is made ‘intelligently, competently, understandingly and voluntarily.’ * *””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Hart v. Commonwealth

2. ““Section 258 of the Criminal Code of Practice was amended in 1952 so as to authorize a defendant to waive not only th^ right to have a jury determine the question of guilt or innocence, but to authorize the court, upon agreement of the defendant ‘with advice of an attorney’ to fix the punishment except where the offense' is punishable by death.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Tackett v. Commonwealth