Stice v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

2 federal appellate · 1 district · 15 state decisions

Most-quoted passages

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1. “Those purposes are to assist the judge in making the constitutionally required determination that a defendant's plea is truly voluntary, to produce a complete record at the time the plea was entered of the factors relevant to this voluntariness determination, and to enable more expeditious disposition of the numerous and often frivolous post-conviction attacks on the constitutional validity of guilty pleas.”

   4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Bird v. State · Nixon v. State

2. “(b) Advice to Defendant. * * * [Before accepting a plea of guilty or nolo contendere to a felony or to a misdemean- or when the defendant is not represented by counsel, the court must address the defendant personally in open court and, unless the defendant has been previously advised by the court on the record and in the presence of counsel, inform the defendant of, and determine that the defendant understands, the following: (1) The nature of the charge to which the plea is offered, the mandatory minimum penalty provided by law, if any, and the maximum possible penalty provided by law and other sanctions which could attend a conviction including, when applicable, the general nature of any mandatory assessments (such as the surcharge for the Crime Victim Compensation Account), discretionary assessments (costs, attorney fees, restitution, etc.)[.] * * * * * * * * * (2) The defendant has the right to be represented by an attorney at every stage of the proceeding and, if necessary, one will be appointed to represent the defendant; (3) The defendant has the right to plead not guilty or to persist in that plea if it has already been made, the right to be tried by a jury and at that trial the right to the assistance of counsel, the right to confront and cross-examine adverse witnesses, the right to court process to obtain the testimony of other witnesses, and the right against compelled self-incrimination; (4) If a plea of guilty or nolo conten-dere is accepted by the court there w”

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

3. “(b) before accepting a plea of guilty ... to a felony ... the court must address the defendant personally in open court on the record and in the presence of counsel, inform the defendant of, and determine that the defendant understands, the following: (1) the maximum possible penalty provided by law....”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 838 F. Supp. 1548 - Stice v. Shillinger