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State v. Handy’s Empirical Analysis

1990

Citation profile

83
cited by 83 later decisions
2
states following
August 2019
most recently cited

2 federal appellate · 81 state decisions

How this case has been cited

Cited by 83 later decisions — most recently August 2019 · most notably 109 N.C. App. 105 - State v. Marshburn (1993), 177 N.C. App. 225 - State v. Robinson (2006)

2 federal appellate · 81 state decisions

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Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.

Relationships

Relies on Kercheval v. United States · Ristaino v. Ross · McGuire v. United States · United States v. Carr · United States v. Barker

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

  1. “Misunderstanding of the consequences of a guilty plea, hasty entry, confusion, and coercion are also factors for consideration.”
    16 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
    e.g. State v. Whitehurst · State v. Meyer
  2. “In a case where the defendant seeks to withdraw his guilty plea before sentence, he is generally accorded that right if he can show any fair and just reason. On the other hand, where the guilty plea is sought to be withdrawn by the defendant after sentence, it should be granted only to avoid manifest injustice.”
    7 later decisions quote this exact passage
    e.g. 199 N.C. App. 617 - State v. PINEDA-BENTACOURT · State v. Meyer
  3. “Although there is no absolute right to withdraw a guilty plea, withdrawal motions made prior to sentencing, and especially at a very early stage of the proceedings, should be granted with liberality.”
    4 later decisions quote this exact passage
    e.g. 250 N.C. App. 121 - State v. McGill · State v. Meyer

How this case has been treated — in progress

Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.