Burnett v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

14 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 14 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “the transcript of the guilty plea hearing will be considered to determine whether any possible error by counsel was cured by the information conveyed at the plea hearing”). Here, the trial court clearly told respondent that the sentence for first degree burglary”

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

2. “This Court granted certiorari to review the following issue: Did the PCR court err in denying relief, finding that Petitioner knowingly and voluntarily pled guilty to all eighteen counts of receiving stolen goods?”

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