Patrick v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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2 state decisions

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

1. “"Amendment XXXVII to the Constitution, which is the basis of legislative authority to dispense with indictments in certain felonies, recites `... the defendant cannot plead guilty within fifteen days after his arrest.' We do not think it will be seriously contended that the fifteen-day provision is not mandatory. Clearly the amendment undertakes to require that fifteen days shall elapse after arrest before an indictment can be dispensed with and a plea of guilty received. It is reasonable to presume that the legislature, in adding the additional requirement for three days' notice, intended to place the three-day provision on the same plane as the fifteen-day provision beside which the three-day provision appears."”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 797 So. 2d 409 - Ex Parte Pardue

2. “"It is clear to us, ... that it is the intent of the law that the inception or beginning of the fifteen-day provision be computed from the date of the arrest of the defendant for the offense or offenses with which he is charged and to which appellant pled guilty. The fifteen-day provision herein referred to is mandatory and must be strictly complied with."”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 797 So. 2d 409 - Ex Parte Pardue

3. “within three days after notice to the court of [a defendant's] intention to plead guilty.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 797 So. 2d 409 - Ex Parte Pardue