Armenakes v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

12 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 12 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[a]lthough a criminal defendant may be relieved of the embarrassment of admitting participation in the crime or comforted by the fact that he or she has maintained his innocence * * * the result is abundantly clear: the defendant stands convicted of the crime.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. Frederick Gibson Frederick Gibson v. State of Rhode Island · Mattatall v. State

2. “" 'The so-called Alford plea is a procedure approved by the Supreme Court of the United States under which a person charged with a criminal offense may plead guilty even though he maintains his innocence as long as the state presents a factual basis for such plea through evidence other [than] the defendant’s own admission.' * * *. However, although a criminal defendant may be relieved of the embarrassment of admitting participation in the crime or comforted by the fact that he or she has maintained his [or her] innocence and the victim sometimes is left in a quandary about what occurred during the plea proceeding, the result is abundantly clear: the defendant stands convicted of the crime.” Armenakes v. State, 821 A.2d 239, 242 (R.I.2003).”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. Vashey