Brown v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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2 state decisions

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

1. ““ ‘In Twyman v. State, 293 Ala. 75, 81-82 , 300 So.2d 124, 130 (1974), our Supreme Court held that ah Ireland [v. State, 47 Ala.App. 65 , 250 So.2d 602 (1971)] form executed by the defendant and acknowledged by defense counsel and the trial judge may establish that a guilty plea was voluntarily -and intelligently made, “provided there is other evidence in the record supporting that fact.” Davis v. State, 348 So.2d. 844, 846 (Ala.Crim.App.), cert. denied, 348 So.2d 847 (Ala.1977) (emphasis in Twyman).’ Trice v. State, 601 So.2d 180, 184 (Ala.Crim.App.1992) (footnote omitted).””

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

2. “The fact that the appellant was not informed that he could plead not guilty by reason of mental disease or defect is harmless error because the appellant has provided us with no evidence that had he known of this right he would have invoked the right.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 819 So. 2d 91 - Richardson v. State