Maxwell v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1970
Citation profile
14
cited by 14 later decisions
2
states following
September 1996
most recently cited
14 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on McMann v. Richardson · David Busby v. William C. Holman, Warden, Kilby Prison · Reed v. Henderson · Walster v. State · Mitchell v. State
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 14 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““The fact that there was an allegedly inadmissible . confession in existence which might have been used in evidence against [the accused] is no sufficient reason to vacate the judgment and sentence entered pursuant to a plea of guilty, where the plea was otherwise voluntarily and understandably made.””
2 later decisions quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.