State v. Edwards’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

9 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 9 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “(1) whether the defendant was represented by competent counsel; (2) whether the defendant was misled, coerced, mistreated, or unfairly taken advantage of; and (3) whether the plea was fairly and understandingly made.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. Barber · State v. Newman

2. “[A]ny journal entry variance from a judge's oral pronouncement during sentencing is a clerical error that may be corrected at any time.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. Sanders