Grantling v. Balkcom’s Empirical Analysis
632 F.2d 1261 · 1980
Citation profile
26
cited by 26 later decisions
2
states following
March 2008
most recently cited
15 federal appellate · 2 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Boykin v. Alabama · Brady v. United States · McMann v. Richardson · Tollett v. Henderson · Texas v. Louisiana
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 26 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[defendant's subjective belief that he could not get a fair trial * * * is not sufficient to invalidate a guilty plea. * * * Only when a constitutional violation has actually coerced his decision to plead guilty, can the guilty plea be invalidated.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“The seriousness of guilty pleas thereby mandate that they 'not only must be voluntary but must be knowing, intelligent acts done with sufficient awareness of the relevant circumstances.'”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Gilliard v. Scroggy“A plea of guilty is more than a confession which admits that the accused did various acts; it is itself a conviction; nothing remains but to give judgment and determine punishment.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Gilliard v. Scroggy
How this case has been treated — in progress
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