Conley v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1968
Citation profile
5
cited by 5 later decisions
1
states following
April 1974
most recently cited
5 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Mempa v. Rhay · Gardner v. Oklahoma City
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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““Where it reasonably appears a plea of guilty was influenced by a person in apparent authority which has led a defendant to believe that by entering such a plea, his punishment would be mitigated; he should be permitted to withdraw his plea of guilty and enter a plea of not guilty.””
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Dodson v. Page
How this case has been treated — in progress
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