State v. Peterson’s Empirical Analysis
2013
Citation profile
12
cited by 12 later decisions
2
states following
December 2024
most recently cited
12 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Santobello v. New York · Mabry v. Johnson · State v. Ward · Mabry v. Johnson · Lothian Cassidy, L.L.C. v. Lothian Oil Inc.
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 12 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[A]pplication of fundamental contract principles is generally the best means to fair enforcement of a plea agreement, as long as courts remain mindful that the constitutional implications of the plea-bargaining process may require a different analysis in some circumstances.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrencee.g. State v. Bell“if a court can say beyond a reasonable doubt that the State's promise had little, if any, influence on the defendant's decision to enter into the plea agreement.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissente.g. State v. Bell
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.