State v. Trahan’s Empirical Analysis
1999
Citation profile
5
cited by 5 later decisions
1
states following
May 2019
most recently cited
5 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Boykin v. Alabama · Santobello v. New York · State v. Sepulvado · McKay v. Jobin · 603 So. 2d 739 - State v. Lobato
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.
“striking, given the debate that occurred before him .... why did the trial judge simply not tell defendant and his lawyers that they were fabricating [a promise or belief] in an attempt to renege on the plea?”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrencee.g. State v. Trahan“did not testify to [his] belief [that he would receive a probated sentence], nor did his attorneys maintain that he had been assured he would receive probation.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Trahan“the [hand-written note as to] sentence was added after the trial judge signed the [guilty plea] form”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrencee.g. State v. Trahan
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.