State v. Wagner’s Empirical Analysis
2002
Citation profile
15
cited by 15 later decisions
2
states following
December 2018
most recently cited
15 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on State v. Brown · Knapp v. Arizona · State v. Vestal · State v. Wall · State v. Hemby
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 15 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Defendant Belvin Eugene Wagner was originally arrested without a warrant when he attempted to purchase cocaine during an undercover drug operation on 17 July 1998 in which undercover law enforcement officers used blanched macadamia nuts as fake crack cocaine. On 17 August 1998, based on an information, defendant entered a negotiated guilty plea to the offense of attempted possession of cocaine as an habitual felon. This plea bargain provided that defendant would receive a minimum sentence of 101 months’ imprisonment based on his criminal history, which was calculated to be at level VI. The trial coui’t entered judgment sentencing defendant to serve 101 to 131 months’ confinement. Defendant thereafter filed a motion for appropriate relief asserting that his record level had been improperly calculated as a level VI when in fact his criminal history resulted in a level V for sentencing purposes. Concluding that defendant’s plea bargain and guilty plea were based on “the mutual mistake of all parties as to [defendant’s] proper record level for sentencing purposes,” the trial court on 10 May 2000, nunc pro tunc 2 May 2000, vacated and set aside defendant’s guilty plea and the judgment entered thereon. [[Image here]] On 17 October 2000 a jury found defendant guilty of attempt to possess cocaine, felonious possession of drug paraphernalia, and being an habitual felon. The trial court sentenced defendant at level VI to serve two consecutive 135- to 171-month sentences. Before this Co”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
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