State v. Kelly’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

13 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 13 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “The Defendant appeared before the bar of the Court attended by counsel, OIDP and through counsel entered a plea of guilty as charged. The Court interrogated the defendant as to the right to have a trial by jury, the right to face his accusers, the right against self-incrimination and the right to an appeal and the defendant answered in the affirmative and announced to the Court he understood the rights set before him. The Court ordered the plea recorded. Defendant, through counsel, waived all legal delays, and requested immediate sentencing. The court sentenced the defendant to: 2 YEARS INACTIVE PROBATION REPORTING CONDITIONED [sic] WAIVED.”

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

2. “While it is preferable for the trial judge to conduct a colloquy with the defendant to ascertain the validity of the plea, such colloquy may not be indispensable, as long as the record contains some other affirmative showing to support the plea.”

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

3. “questioned the accused under oath regarding his plea of guilty.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 618 So. 2d 455 - State v. Stemley