State v. Irala’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

40 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 42 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “instruct defendants on the intricacies of immigration law, [but sought] only to put defendants on notice that their resident status could be implicated by the plea.... [T]he statute's purpose [was] simply to recognize that this collateral consequence [of a guilty plea] is of such importance that the defendant should be informed of its possibility.... The onus rests ... with the defendant and her counsel to determine the final result applicable to her situation under federal immigration law before entering a plea .”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Lima

2. ““(1) The nature of the charge to which the plea is offered; “(2) The mandatory minimum sentence, if any; “(3) The fact that the statute for the particular offense does not permit the sentence to be suspended; “(4) The maximum possible sentence on the charge . . . and “(5) The fact that he or she has the right to plead not guilty or to persist in that plea if it has already been made . . . .””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Hall

3. “court shall not accept a plea ... unless the court advises " the defendant that if he was not a citizen of this country, his conviction "may have the consequences of deportation, exclusion from admission to the United States, or denial of naturalization, pursuant to the laws of the United States.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Lima