State v. Gardner’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

9 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 any appeal taken after the filing of this opinion an accused challenging the adequacy of his guilty plea proceeding must: A. first present such claim to the trial court in a motion in arrest of judgment under chapter 788, The Code. B. hereafter claim to have been unaware, as well as not advised, of the claimed omission.”

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

2. “The motion [in arrest of judgment] must be made not later than 45 days after plea of guilty, verdict of guilty, or special verdict upon which a judgment of conviction may be rendered, but in any case not later than five days before the date set for pronouncing judgment.”

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