Ochoa v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

1 district · 32 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 33 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “A 'facial challenge' [to a statute] is available in only two situations: (1) when the statute reaches a substantial amount of constitutionally protected conduct, and (2) when the statute is shown to specify no standard of conduct at all.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Lovato v. State · Sheesley v. State

2. “the very power of the State to bring the defendant into court to answer the charge brought against him.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Popkin v. State · Protz v. State

3. “A criminal defendant, by pleading guilty, admits all of the essential elements of the crime charged and thus waives all nonju-risdictional defenses. A plea of nolo con-tendere has the same effect as a guilty plea. Therefore, when a criminal defendant pleads nolo contendere, he or she waives all nonjurisdictional defenses and objections. We have said that jurisdictional defenses and objections involve: “[T]he very power of the state to bring the defendant into court to answer the charge against him.” Jurisdictional de fects include: unconstitutionality of the statute defining the crime pled to, failure of the indictment or information to state an offense, and double jeopardy. In other words, a criminal defendant may, after pleading guilty or nolo contendere, attack a defect only if it involves “attributes of jurisdiction.” Nonjurisdictional defenses and objections are those “objections and defenses which would not prevent a trial.””

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