Sandersfield v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

4 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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““The court concludes, as a matter of law, that the defendant, Buster Dawson, was adequately and sufficiently advised of the consequences of his plea of guilty, and knowingly and intelligently entered said plea of guilty with full knowledge of the nature and consequences of his plea. The court notes that the defendant knew, at the time he entered his plea of guilty, what the recommendation of the District Attorney would be, and further notes that this recommendation was followed by the Associate District Judge.””

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Dawson v. State · Starr v. State

2. “This court has repeatedly held that the granting or denying of permission to withdraw a plea of guilty and substitute a plea of not guilty is a matter within the sound discretion of the trial court and its action will be upheld unless an abuse of such discretion clearly appears from the record.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Lawson v. State