State v. Baumgardner’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

17 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 17 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““It appears from the record that defendant himself informed the court that he wished to plead guilty to the charge. Before accepting the plea the court inquired of defendant as to whether anyone had forced him to enter a plea to the charge or threatened him in any way, to which inquiry defendant answered ‘No’. Defendant was further asked by the court, ‘If you enter a plea here will it be free and voluntary on your part?’ To this inquiry the defendant answered ‘Yes, sir.’ “The trial court fully informed defendant as to the consequences, or possible consequences, that could follow a plea of guilty to the charge involved. “At the time defendant entered his plea and prior thereto he was represented by competent counsel. This record, in our opinion, affirmatively shows that defendant’s plea was voluntarily entered. State v. Decker, (Ct.App.) 79 N.M. 41 , 439 P.2d 559 (1968); State v. McCain, (Ct.App.) 79 N.M. 197 , 441 P.2d 237 , decided May 3, 1968.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Gardner v. State