43 Cal. 3d 487 - People v. Wright’s Empirical Analysis
1987
Citation profile
81 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 83 later decisions — most recently August 2022 · most notably 1 Cal. 4th 1132 - People v. Howard (1992), 54 Cal. 3d 1013 - People v. Walker (1991)
81 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
Relies on Chapman v. State of California · Boykin v. Alabama · 46 Cal. 2d 818 - People v. Watson · California v. Civil Aeronautics Board · 1 Cal. 3d 122 - In Re Tahl
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 83 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“'agreed-upon disposition ... which does not require the defendant to admit guilt but results in a finding of guilt ... usually, for a promised punishment.'”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage“the record shall reflect that he had been advised of his right to a jury trial, to confront and cross-examine witnesses, and against self-incrimination.... Express waivers of the enumerated constitutional rights shall appear.... In all guilty plea and submission cases the defendant shall be advised of the direct consequences of conviction such as the permissible range of punishment provided by statute....”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“Submissions that are not considered slow pleas include those in which (1) the preliminary hearing involves substantial cross-examination of the prosecution witnesses and the presentation of defense evidence or (2) the facts revealed at the preliminary examination are essentially undisputed but counsel makes an argument to the court as to the legal significance to be accorded them.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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.