Allen v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

2 federal appellate · 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 14 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““It is well established that a plea of guilty to a felony charge before a jury admits the existence of all facts necessary to establish guilt and, in such cases, the introduction of testimony by the State is to enable the jury to intelligently exercise the discretion which the law vests in them touching the penalty to be assessed, (cases cited omitted)””

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Basaldua v. State · Cook v. Lynaugh

2. “[T]he error of accepting a conditional plea of guilty does not arise merely because the plea was entered after the denial of a pretrial motion if “[tjhere was no agreement, no stipulation nor was it ever mentioned that appellant entered his plea ... subject to or in reliance upon his motion [that was denied].” (Emphasis added.)”

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

3. ““. . . It is not necessary to have a two-stage proceeding when a defendant enters a plea of guilty or nolo conten-dere before a jury. If such pleas are entered before a jury, their function is to determine punishment only.””

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