Moran v. Godinez’s Empirical Analysis
40 F.3d 1567 · 1994
Citation profile
24 federal appellate · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 32 later decisions — most recently December 2012 · most notably Bonin v. Calderon (1995), Moran v. Godinez (1995)
24 federal appellate · 1 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
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1291 · 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996)
Relies on Strickland v. Washington · Boykin v. Alabama · Faretta v. California · North Carolina v. Alford · McMann v. Richardson
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 32 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“As a general rule, one who voluntarily and intelligently pleads guilty to a criminal charge may not subsequently seek habeas corpus relief on the basis of pre-plea constitutional violations. A defendant may only attack the 'voluntary and intelligent character of the guilty plea ...'”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Although no particular facts signal incompetence, suggestive evidence includes a defendant's demeanor before the trial court, previous irrational behavior, and available medical evaluation”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“permissible whenever a court can conduct a meaningful hearing to evaluate retrospectively the competency of the defendant.”
2 later decisions 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.