Boddie v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

37 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 37 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “in essence like `unsupervised probation' or a suspended sentence.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. Johnson v. State · 910 So. 2d 12 - Sweat v. State

2. “While the . transcript of the guilty plea hearing contains no specific reference to a factual basis for the charge of transfer of cocaine, Boddie made a statement, which the trial court ruled to be admissible, in which he admitted to the crime alleged in the indictment. Boddie also acknowledged at his guilty plea hearing that he was satisfied that the State could prove, beyond a reasonable doubt, that he was guilty of the crime of transfer of cocaine. Thus, based on the totality of the evidence, there existed a factual basis for Boddie’s plea of guilty to transfer of cocaine.”

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

3. “maximum amount of time that the Mississippi Department of Corrections may supervise an offender on the postrelease supervision program is five (5) years.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. 910 So. 2d 12 - Sweat v. State