75 Wash. 2d 98 - Garrison v. Rhay’s Empirical Analysis

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23 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 23 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “a critical stage is one in which there is a possibility that a defendant is or would be prejudiced in the defense of his case”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Elmore · 140 Wash. App. 925 - State v. Davenport

2. “The mere fact that a plea of guilty was induced by promises does not vitiate the plea if it was in fact voluntary and if the promises were kept. While we have not enunciated this rule in the affirmative, it is implicit in our holdings in In re Darnell v. Timpani, 68 Wn.2d 666 , 414 P.2d 782 (1966) (holding that the prosecutor’s failure to keep his promises was a sufficient ground for setting aside a conviction and allowing a defendant to change his plea); In re Salter, 50 Wn.2d 603 , 313 P.2d 700 (1957) (holding that there was no showing of coercion where defendant’s plea of guilty was induced by the reduced charge); In re Allen v. Cranor, 45 Wn.2d 25 , 272 P.2d 153 (1954) (holding that a writ of habeas corpus was properly granted where evidence showed that the prosecutor had mislead the defendant about the possibility of a minimum sentence, thereby inducing his plea of guilty); and In re Thompson v. Smith, 33 Wn.2d 142 , 204 P.2d 525 (1949) (sustaining the trial court’s finding that there was no coercion, where the prosecutor admitted he told the defendant he would not file habitual criminal charges against him if he would plead guilty to the offense charged, and the prosecutor did in fact abide by the promise). As the court said in Cortez v. United States, 337 F.2d 699 (9th Cir. 1964), the important thing is not that there shall be no “deal” or “bargain,” but that the plea shall be a genuine one by a defendant who is guilty, one who understands his situation, his rights, an”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 75 Wash. 2d 377 - State v. Larkins

3. “A plea of guilty, voluntarily made, waives the right to trial and all defenses other than that the complaint, information, or indictment charges no offense.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. In Re Stoudmire