Seibert v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

12 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 12 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““Next defendant asserts that he was coerced into entering his plea of guilty. He gives, as the basis for this assertion, that his counsel advised him that he could receive the death penalty, if a jury trial was had; and further, because his counsel informed him that the district attorney would recommend a punishment less than the death penalty, on a plea of guilty. His counsel advised him properly, and the consequences of that advice were borne out by what occurred. We conclude such not to be coercion, in order to induce a plea of guilty * *”

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

2. ““Defendant who freely and voluntarily enters a plea of guilty with full knowledge of the nature and consequences thereof, and who does not thereafter seek to withdraw such plea, he preserves nothing for review on appeal.””

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

3. ““Defendant who freely and voluntarily enters guilty plea with full knowledge of the nature and consequences thereof, and who does not thereafter seek to withdraw such pleas, he preserves nothing for review on appeal.””

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