Willett v. Barnes’s Empirical Analysis
1992
Citation profile
5
cited by 5 later decisions
1
states following
November 2020
most recently cited
5 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on North Carolina v. Alford · Hughey v. United States · State v. Gibbons · Jolivet v. Cook · State v. Hoff
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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“suggested that a valid guilty plea required a `record of facts' showing either `that the charged crime was actually committed by the defendant, or that the defendant has for some other legitimate reason intelligently and voluntarily entered such a plea.'”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Stilling“court cannot be satisfied that a guilty plea is knowing and voluntary unless the record establishes facts that would place the defendant at risk of conviction should the matter proceed to trial.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Stilling“reviewing courts to uphold guilty pleas as long as the record as a whole demonstrate[s] `substantial compliance' with constitutional and procedural requirements.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Stilling
How this case has been treated — in progress
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