626 So. 2d 121 - Nelson v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1993
Citation profile
22 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 23 later decisions — most recently June 2010
22 state decisions
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
Relies on Strickland v. Washington · Boykin v. Alabama · 577 So. 2d 394 - Wilson v. State · 556 So. 2d 1062 - Vittitoe v. State · Bird v. State
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 23 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“It is not enough to ask an accused whether counsel has explained his constitutional rights. Nor is a standardized petition . . . sufficient standing alone. The court must go further and determine in a face-to-face exchange in open court that the accused knows and understands the rights to which he is entitled.”
6 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. Dock v. State · Knight v. State“You are giving up the following rights when you plead guilty: (1) The right to a speedy and public trial by jury. (2) The right to see, hear, and face in open court the witnesses who are called to testify against you and the right to cross-examine those witnesses. (3) The right to use the power and process of the Court to compel the production of evidence in your favor, including the attendance of witnesses. (4) The right to testify in your own defense if you choose to do so. This decision must be made by you alone and not any other person, including your attorney. And upon your request, the Court will instruct the jury they are to consider your testimony as they would any other witness and give it whatever weight and credibility they think it deserves. (5) The right to invoke the Fifth Amendment of the Constitution of the United States and remain silent without any adverse inference drawn from your not testifying. And upon your request, the Court will instruct the jury that, during their deliberations as to your guilt or innocence, they cannot hold the fact that you did not testify against you. (6) The right to challenge the composition of the grand jury that indicted you and the petit jury that will try you. (7) The right to be presumed innocent and have the Court instruct the jury that the State must prove your guilt and all the elements of the crime with which you are charged beyond a reasonable doubt. (8) The right to a unanimous jury verdict. That means all twelve juror”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“one who acts pursuant to color of authority, though without legal authority, nevertheless performs valid acts. Any challenge regarding the validity of [the] actor’s appointment must be brought against the actor in proceedings contesting the right to office.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage
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.