People v. Bernard’s Empirical Analysis
1983
Citation profile
11
cited by 11 later decisions
2
states following
December 1996
most recently cited
1 federal appellate · 1 district · 8 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on People v. Canino · People v. Cumby · People v. Pauldino · Larson v. Goodman · People v. Colosacco
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.
“since the defendant ... 'used the plea as a tool for avoiding a more serious conviction ... it would be the height of sophistry to vacate the defendant's plea of guilty.' " Downer, 543 A.2d at 313 (quoting Bernard, 656 P.2d at 697 ). On the other hand, if the attorney had appealed the § 922(g)(1) conviction and had "won,”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“[i]f he ever had a serious objection to the 1976 plea, this fact should have been made known long before he used the plea as a tool for avoiding a more serious conviction .... [i]t would be the height of sophistry to vacate the defendant's plea of guilty.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. People v. Cisneros
How this case has been treated — in progress
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