Williams v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

12 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 12 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[BY THE PROSECUTOR]: If this matter were to go to trial, the State would be prepared to prove beyond a reasonable doubt[,] with credible and admissible evidence[,] that on or about October 28th of 2007, this Defendant, Richard Partain, did willfully, unlawfully, feloniously-willfully and feloniously kill one Lillian Esrey, a human being, by culpable negligence and without authority of law.”

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

2. “[b]efore the trial court may accept a plea of guilty, the court must determine that the plea is voluntarily and intelligently made and that there is a factual basis for the plea.”

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