753 So. 2d 449 - Johnson v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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25 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 25 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “There are only two exceptions in which a voluntary guilty plea does not waive a defect: (1) if an indictment fails to charge a necessary element of the crime and (2) there is no subject matter jurisdiction. Further the Mississippi Supreme Court has recognized "that a valid guilty plea operates as a waiver of all non-jurisdictional rights or defects which are incident to trial."”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Kendrick v. State · 763 So. 2d 177 - Garrette v. State

2. “When a defendant is found to have violated the terms and conditions of his probation, the court has the power to impose any sentence which originally could have been imposed. However, if a guilty plea is accepted and a suspended sentence imposed, the court cannot later impose a period of incarceration exceeding the original suspended sentence.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Riddle v. State · 796 So. 2d 284 - Brunson v. State

3. “a guilty plea operates to waive the defendant's privilege against self-incrimination, the right to confront and cross-examine the prosecution's witnesses, the right to a jury trial and the right that the prosecution prove each element of the offense beyond a reasonable doubt.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 841 So. 2d 195 - Gunter v. State · 859 So. 2d 1025 - Young v. State