Brown v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

10 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 10 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““When the defendant voluntarily enters his plea of guilty to the information with the advice and aid of counsel without challenging the information by motion to quash or set aside the information, he waives any right to question the preliminary proceedings or any irregularity therein.””

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Williams v. Page · Griffith v. State

2. ““2. The granting or denying of permission to withdraw a plea of guilty either before or after judgment is a matter within the sound discretion of the trial court, and Court of Criminal Appeals will not interfere unless there is an abuse of that discretion.” “3. In order to sustained the contention of an accused that a trial court has abused its discretion in refusing to allow a plea of guilty to be withdrawn and a plea of not guilty substituted therefor, it must be apparent from the record thic the plea has been made unadvisedly, through ignorance, inadvertence, influence, or without deliberation; and that there is a defense that should be presented to a jury.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Lakey v. State

3. ““The granting or denying of permission to withdraw a plea of guilty either before or after judgment is a matter within the sound discretion of the trial court, and Court of Criminal Appeals will not interfere unless there is an abuse of that discretion.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Gilmore v. State