Ex Parte Broadway’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

17 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 17 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “A defendant in any criminal action has the right of appeal under the rules hereinafter prescribed, provided, however, before the defendant who has been convicted upon either his plea of guilty or plea of nolo contendere before the court and the court, upon the election of the defendant, assesses punishment and the punishment does not exceed the punishment recommended by the prosecutor and agreed to by the defendant and his attorney may prosecute his appeal, he must have permission of the trial court, except on those matters which have been raised by written motion filed prior to trial. This article in no way affects appeals pursuant to Article 44.17 of this chapter.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Burton v. State

2. “a defendant may knowingly and intelligently waive his entire appeal as part of a plea, even when sentencing is not agreed upon, where consideration is given by the State for the waiver.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Johnson v. State

3. “When a presentencing waiver of appeal was not bargained for in exchange for an agreed upon sentence, concerns as to the validity of the waiver are raised.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Carson v. State