Austin v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

7 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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “It is essential that an accused have knowledge of the critical elements of the charge against him, that he fully understand the charge, how it affects him, the effects of a guilty plea to the charge, and what might happen to him in the sentencing phase as a result of having entered the plea of guilty.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Henderson v. State · 165 So. 3d 516 - Kenny Walton v. State of Mississippi

2. “A factual basis is an essential part of the constitutionally valid and enforceable de- cisión to plead guilty. This factual basis cannot simply be implied from the fact that.the defendant entered a plea of guilty.. Rather, there must be an evi-dentiary foundation in the record which is sufficiently specific to allow the court to determine that the defendant’s conduct was within the ambit of that defined as criminal.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Kevin Brown v. State of Mississippi

3. “A factual basis is an essential part of the constitutionally valid and enforceable decision to plead guilty. This factual basis cannot simply be implied from the fact that the defendant entered a plea of guilty. Rather, there must be an evi-dentiary foundation in the record which is sufficiently specific to allow the court to determine that the defendant’s conduct was within the ambit of that defined as criminal.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 165 So. 3d 516 - Kenny Walton v. State of Mississippi