State v. Rodriguez’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

2 district ·

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.

1. ““Defendant now claims he did not enter the plea voluntarily and with an understanding of the nature of the charge and that the trial court failed to make adequate inquiry into defendant’s understanding of the plea. The issue turns upon defendant’s present assertion that his knowledge of the English tongue as of 1951 was so meagre that he could not communicate with counsel or understand the questions put to him in open court. The testimony, however, strongly shows that defendant’s understanding of the English language was ample, that he fully comprehended what transpired, and entered the plea of non vult voluntarily and with an appreciation of its consequences.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 226 F. Supp. 799 - In re Rodriguez