State v. Armstead’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

3 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 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[i]f the State wished to file a bill of information charging defendant as a habitual offender... it should have clearly and expressly reserved its right to do so. The trial court correctly quashed the habitual offender bill of information and enforced the plea agreement.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 670 So. 2d 708 - State v. Rios

2. “When a guilty plea rests in any significant degree on a promise or agreement of the prosecutor, so that it can be said to have been a part of the inducement or consideration, such promise must be fulfilled.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 670 So. 2d 693 - State v. Fifteen Thousand Four Hundred Thirty-One Dollars & Other Property