State v. White’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

6 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 11 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “figure out by implication that the sentences could be ordered to be served consecutively.” Id. We rejected this argument because it left the defendant "partially informed, but uninformed of the true maximum possible punishment of twenty years imprisonment coming from consecutive sentences.” Id. We reject the State's similar argument in this case. . The rare instances where we presume prejudice are easily distinguishable from the present case. We presume prejudice when the defendant is denied his or her right to a jury trial because the right to a jury trial is one of only a handful of “important”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. State v. Straw · 856 So. 2d 230 - State v. Girtley

2. “address the defendant personally in open court and inform the defendant of, and determine that the defendant understands ... [t]he mandatory minimum punishment, if any, and the maximum possible punishment provided by the statute defining the offense to which the plea is offered.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State of Iowa v. Jeffrey Jordan Cason · State of Iowa v. Kevin Duane Fisher II

3. “'is virtually self-evident that a defendant's decision to plead guilty ... is a grave and personal judgment, which a defendant should not be allowed to enter without full comprehension of possible consequences of conviction by such plea.”

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