Burgess v. State’s Empirical Analysis
2011
Citation profile
7
cited by 7 later decisions
1
states following
April 2015
most recently cited
7 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on North Carolina v. Alford · Worthington v. State · Thomas v. State · Haynes v. State · Smulls 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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“We do not believe the Rules of Professional Conduct prohibit a defense counsel and prosecutor from entering into a plea agreement that involves waiver of other post-conviction rights, unless such a waiver violates the Constitution or other laws. Analysis of whether it would violate the Constitution or other laws is beyond the scope of this opinion.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrencee.g. Cross v. State · Cooper 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.