Gomez v. Berge’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

10 federal appellate · 3 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 26 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “contrary to, or involved an unreasonable application of, clearly established Federal law, as determined by the Supreme Court of the United States.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Jackson v. Bartow · Burgess v. Watters

2. “[A] guilty plea represents a break in the chain of events which has preceded it in the criminal process. When a criminal defendant has solemnly admitted in open court that he is in fact guilty of the offense with which he is charged, he may not thereafter raise independent claims relating to the deprivation of constitutional rights that occurred prior to the entry of the guilty plea.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Hurlow v. United States

3. “an unconditional plea of guilty operates as a waiver of all formal defects in the proceedings, including any constitutional violations that occurred before the plea was entered.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Jackson v. Bartow