Jackson v. Commonwealth’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

6 state decisions

Most-quoted passages

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1. “the entry of a valid guilty plea effectively waives all defenses other than that the indictment charged no offense. Further, a guilty plea constitutes a break in the chain of events, and the defendant therefore may not raise independent claims related to the deprivation of constitutional rights occurring before entry of the guilty plea. Where a defendant has entered an unconditional plea of guilty, he may not later challenge allegedly improper lineup identifications or the police’s failure to provide Miranda warnings.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Dunlap v. Commonwealth

2. “circuit court acquires jurisdiction over a case in which a juvenile is accused of violating the penal code only if the juvenile is alleged to be a youthful offender and the district court transfers the child to circuit court.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Commonwealth v. B.H.

3. “Only after the district court satisfies these procedural hurdles does the circuit court acquire jurisdiction over the juvenile's case.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Commonwealth v. B.H.