Wade v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

10 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 10 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “sentencing is within the discretion of the trial court and is not subject to appellate review if it is within the limits prescribed by statute.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Lett v. State · 880 So. 2d 1054 - Wash v. State

2. “if these four identities are present, the parties will be prevented from relitigating all issues tried in the prior lawsuit, as well as all matters which should have been litigated and decided in the prior suit.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 818 So. 2d 1148 - Quinn v. Estate of Jones

3. “[A] trial court is not bound to accept a defendant's guilty plea or enforce a plea agreement reached between the prosecutor and defendant.”

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