State v. Newman’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

5 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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “A. In any criminal case, the court shall not accept a plea of guilty or nolo contendere, without first addressing the defendant personally in open court and informing him of, and determining that he understands, all of the following: (1) The nature of the charge to which the plea was offered, the mandatory minimum penalty provided by law, if any, and the maximum possible penalty provided by law.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. 714 So. 2d 814 - State v. Hill · 734 So. 2d 680 - State v. Butler

2. “to require the trial court to review the penalty section of the statute in question with a defendant in order to obtain a valid guilty plea.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 734 So. 2d 680 - State v. Butler · 720 So. 2d 825 - State v. Longnon

3. “In any case where a subsequent offense carries an enhanced penalty, the court shall inform the defendant of the penalties for subsequent offenses.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. 734 So. 2d 680 - State v. Butler