Goetzel 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. “Res judicata bars issues that were previously raised and considered, and also issues that 'could have been raised in an earlier proceeding' but were not.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. McBride-Kramer v. Kramer · Nitchman v. State

2. “not question any of the substantive or procedural underpinnings of his original sentence.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Hicks v. State · Goetzel v. State

3. “While being booked on various charges at the Goshen County Detention Center, Appellant hit the officer in charge, who fell to the floor. Appellant then kicked him in the head, causing severe injuries to the officer. Appellant used the officer's radio to ask for the door to be unlocked. The door was opened, and he fled from the facility, taking the radio with him. He was apprehended six days later in Nebraska. Following his arrest, Appellant was charged with felony interference with a peace officer, felony escape, and felony larceny. About six weeks later, in a separate docket, Appellant was charged with the additional crimes for which he had originally been arrested. Those crimes included possession of a controlled substance, felony larceny, two counts of burglary, and four counts of forgery. Pursuant to a plea agreement, the State dismissed several of the charges and Appellant pled guilty to burglary, forgery, felony larceny, felony escape, and felony interference with a peace officer.”

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