State v. Gay’s Empirical Analysis

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3 state decisions

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

1. “The law is well settled that whenever a guilty plea rests in any significant degree on an agreement or promise by the prosecutor, so that it can be viewed as part of the inducement or consideration, the promise must be fulfilled or the defendant given an opportunity to withdraw his guilty plea. Santobello v. New York, 404 U.S. 257 , 92 S.Ct. 495 , 30 L.Ed.2d 427 (1971); State v. Bosworth, 415 So.2d 912 (La.1981); State v. Lockwood, 399 So.2d 190 (La.1981); State v. Chalaire, 375 So.2d 107 (La.1979); State v. Neitte, 363 So.2d 425 (La.1978). The state’s failure to comply with a material representation or promise which induced defendant’s guilty plea results in a denial of due process. State v. Bosworth, supra; State v. Neitte, supra.”

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