United States v. Kirkland’s Empirical Analysis
578 F.2d 170 · 1978
Citation profile
25 federal appellate · 1 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 40 later decisions — most recently August 2015 · most notably United States v. Goldberg (1988), United States v. Spencer (1987)
25 federal appellate · 1 district ·
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 2
Relies on Bordenkircher v. Hayes · Blackledge v. Allison · Yi Au Lau v. United States Immigration & Naturalization Service · Morris v. Gressette · Teamsters Local Union 657 v. Rodriguez
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 40 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“'It is well settled that the withdrawal of a guilty plea prior to sentencing is not an absolute right but is a matter within the broad discretion of the district court.'”
9 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“'guilty plea and the often concomitant plea bargain are important components of this country's criminal justice system. Properly administered, they can benefit all concerned.'”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.