Richards v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

19 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 19 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[T]he record is void of any, if any, admonishment as to the recommendation of the prosecuting attorney as to punishment not binding on the court. There is nothing in the record inquiring as to any plea bargaining agreements between the state and the defendant, whether the defendant is mentally competent, and whether the plea is free and voluntary.... The trial court went on to admonish the defendant as to the offense of delivery of marijuana incorrectly stating that the offense was a felony of the third degree which in reality is a class A misdemeanor, but nowhere on the record does it indicate that the court admonish [sic] properly on the theft charge.”

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

2. “In admonishing the defendant as herein provided, substantial compliance by the court is sufficient, unless the defendant affirmatively shows that he was not aware of the consequences of his plea and that he was misled or harmed by the admonishment of the court.”

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

3. “... the necessity of admonishing appellant that the prosecuting attorney's recommendation was not binding on the court”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. Jamail v. State