State v. Wall’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

3 federal appellate · 2 district · 6 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 11 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““* * * The time for decision is before plea, and an accused is entitled to counsel to aid him in that decision. If an accused voluntarily and with understanding chooses not to defend, he may not seek relief from the sentence merely because he changed his mind. See State v. Deutsch, 34 N. J. 190 (1961) ; State v. Forsythe, 42 N. J. Super. 275 (App. Div. 1956), certiorari denied 352 U. S. 1013 , 77 S. Ct. 586 , 1 L. Ed. 2d 560 (1957). Nor may he ask the court to explore the chances of a more favorable result if the indictment -were tried and to find ‘manifest injustice’ upon an evaluation of the strength of the State’s case. Cf. State v. Magonia, 25 N. J. 95 (1957).””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. Fischer

2. ““A motion to withdraw a plea of guilty may be made only before sentence is imposed or imposition of sentence is suspended; but to correct manifest injustice, the court, after sentence may set aside the judgment of conviction and permit the defendant to withdraw his plea.” (Emphasis supplied)”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. Fischer