Bailey v. MacDougall’s Empirical Analysis
392 F.2d 155 · 1968
Citation profile
37 federal appellate · 3 district · 6 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 63 later decisions (2 by the Supreme Court) — most recently February 2010 · most notably North Carolina v. Alford (1970), Parker v. North Carolina (1970)
37 federal appellate · 3 district · 6 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on Townsend v. Sain · MacHibroda v. United States · Kercheval v. United States · Walker v. Johnston · Waley v. Johnston
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 63 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“A plea of guilty differs in purpose and effect from a mere admission or an extrajudicial confession; it is itself a conviction. Like a verdict of a jury it is conclusive. More is not required; the court has nothing to do but give judgment and sentence. Out of just consideration for persons accused of crime, courts are careful that a plea of guilty shall not be accepted unless made voluntarily after proper advice and with full understanding of the consequences. Machibroda v. United States, supra.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Stover v. Coiner“Plea bargaining that induces an innocent person to plead guilty cannot be sanctioned. Negotiations must be limited to the quantum of punishment for an admittedly guilty defendant.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“ascertained that [the defendant] understood the consequences of his plea,”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.