557 So. 2d 13 - Ex Parte Smith’s Empirical Analysis
1988
Citation profile
3
cited by 3 later decisions
1
cited 1 times by the Supreme Court
1
states following
June 1989
most recently cited
2 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on North Carolina v. Pearce · Brady v. United States · Williams v. People of State of New York · Bordenkircher v. Hayes · United States v. Goodwin
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 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“should not be allowed to receive sentence concessions in return for a guilty plea and then, after a successful attack on that plea, bind the State to its original sentencing bargain if he is later convicted after a trial.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Alabama v. Smith“upon re onviction at [a] second trial after the first conviction has been overturned on appeal and remanded for a new trial,”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Alabama v. Smith“could go to trial and chance an acquittal knowing he could receive a sentence no harsher than he was originally given.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Alabama v. Smith
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.