Sims v. State’s Empirical Analysis
2010
Citation profile
2
cited by 2 later decisions
1
states following
September 2011
most recently cited
2 state decisions
Appellate journey
reviewedthe decision below (from Texas 217th Judicial District Court)
Relationships
Relies on Strickland v. Washington · Marin v. State · Cain v. State · Helms v. State · Mendez v. State
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 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Having been informed of whatever right to appeal may exist, and having agreed to waive my right to appeal both guilt/innocence onIy and punishment? and after having consulted with my attorney, I hereby voluntarily, knowingly and intelligently waive my right to appeal.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Nichols v. State“PERMISSION TO APPEAL: ... Where you plead guilty or nolo contendere (no contest) ... without a plea bargain agreement, all nonjurisdictional defects, including claimed deprivations of federal due process, are waived and no appeal may be made.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Nichols v. State
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.