State v. Johnson’s Empirical Analysis

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14 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 14 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[D]issatisfaction with the sentence received is not a permissible basis to withdraw a guilty plea, and the expectation of a lesser sentence does not render a guilty plea involuntary. It is only when misunderstandings regarding the sentence one will receive are induced by or attributed to representations of the prosecutor or trial judge which are not fulfilled, that grounds exist for the withdrawal of a guilty plea. Conversely, misunderstandings between a defendant and his defense counsel do not render a guilty plea involuntary.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Trahan · State v. Granado

2. “A plea of guilty is a conviction and waives the accused's constitutional rights against compulsory self-incrimination, to trial by jury, and to confront his accusers; therefore, a guilty plea must be free and voluntary on the part of the accused to be constitutionally valid. Boykin v. Alabama, 395 U.S. 238 , 89 S.Ct. 1709 , 23 L.Ed.2d 274 (1969). To satisfy Boykin , the face of the record must demonstrate that the defendant expressly and knowingly waived the constitutional guarantees against self-incrimination, the right to a trial by jury, and the right to confront his accusers. Boykin, 395 U.S. 238 , 89 S.Ct. 1709 , 23 L.Ed.2d 274 ; State v. Tucker, 405 So.2d 506 (La.1981). .... When the record establishes that a defendant was informed of and waived the privilege against self-incrimination and the right to confrontation and trial by jury, the burden then shifts to the defendant to prove that nevertheless, her guilty plea was constitutionally infirm. State v. Bradford, 627 So.2d 781 (La.App. 2 Cir.1993), writ denied, 94-0006 (La.04/22/94); 637 So.2d 154 .”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 711 So. 2d 853 - State v. Landry

3. “When the record establishes that a defendant was informed of and waived the privilege against self-incrimination and the right to confrontation and trial by jury, the burden then shifts to the defendant to prove that nevertheless, her guilty plea was constitutionally infirm. State v. Bradford, 627 So.2d 781 (La.App. 2 Cir.1993), writ denied, 94-0006 (La.04/22/94); 637 So.2d 154 .”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 715 So. 2d 507 - State v. Hardaway