Chambers v. Beto’s Empirical Analysis
428 F.2d 791 · 1970
Citation profile
14 federal appellate · 2 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on McMann v. Richardson · Murphy v. Houma Well Service · Huth v. Southern Pacific Co. · David Busby v. William C. Holman, Warden, Kilby Prison · Grant Cooper v. William C. Holman, Warden
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 21 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“a guilty plea, given on advice of competent counsel, is not rendered involuntary by an alleged coerced confession and purported illegally-seized evidence, and when made in response to a prosecutor's offer for a lighter sentence.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Grantling v. Balkcom
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.