Davis v. United States’s Empirical Analysis
306 F.2d 317 · 1962
Citation profile
16 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 2255 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996)
Relies on United States v. Daugherty · Domenica v. United States · Daugherty v. United States · Guilbeau v. United States
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.
““Mere prediction as to the court’s likely attitude on sentence, whether made by the United States Attorney or by defendant’s appointed counsel, is not a ground for having a sentence vacated and a plea of guilty withdrawn, where it has been indicated or otherwise is manifest that the expression is one of personal opinion, with no basis for the defendant to regard it as involving any agreement or understanding with the court.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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