Gholson v. Commonwealth’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

25 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 25 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.’ In the absence of such a showing, as is revealed by the record in the case at bar, we think the accused should be granted a new trial. * * ””

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Schneider v. Commonwealth · Hart v. Commonwealth

2. “unless otherwise provided by law, rules of procedure applying to civil cases apply as well to criminal cases.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Com. of Ky. v. Cambron