State v. Ray’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

36 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 36 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “A defendant's knowing and voluntary waiver of the constitutional rights which accompany a guilty plea 'may be accomplished by colloquy between the Court and the defendant, between the Court and defendant's counsel, or both.'”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Taylor v. State · Rollison v. State

2. “In determining the validity of a guilty plea, we are persuaded that the paramount concern is whether it was entered freely and voluntarily. We discern no prejudice to an accused in a capital punishment case who seeks to plead guilty without an explicit admission of guilt if such a plea would be in his best interests, and if freely and voluntarily made. In the present case, appellant does not claim innocence or allege that his guilty plea was involuntary, made under duress, or that the trial judge committed a constitutional violation. Therefore, we conclude that an Alford plea may form a valid basis for imposition of the death penalty.”

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