McGuirk v. Fair’s Empirical Analysis
622 F.2d 597 · 1980
Citation profile
14
cited by 14 later decisions
3
states following
March 1993
most recently cited
3 federal appellate · 1 district · 6 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Henderson v. Morgan · Commonwealth v. McGuirk
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 14 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[d]efense counsel's extended discussion with the petitioner about the difference between first and second degree murder, the chances for conviction of first degree murder, the possibility of a manslaughter plea and his analysis of the evidence and inferences which the jury could draw all combined to fairly appraise [sic] him of the crime to which he ultimately pleaded.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Nelson v. Callahan“in most cases defense counsel routinely explain the nature of the offense in sufficient detail to give the accused notice of what he is being asked to admit.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Nelson v. Callahan
How this case has been treated — in progress
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