881 So. 2d 912 - Thomas v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

27 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 27 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “in order to establish that failure to investigate a line of defense constituted ineffective assistance, a petitioner must show that knowledge of the uninvestigated evidence would have caused counsel to vary his course.”

   6 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 953 So. 2d 315 - Parkman v. State · 983 So. 2d 348 - Knight v. State

2. “A guilty plea is binding on a defendant only if it is entered voluntarily and intelligently. A plea is considered “voluntary and intelligent” only if the defendant is informed of the nature of the charge against him and the consequences of the plea. Before the trial court may accept a guilty plea, the court must determine that the plea is voluntarily and intelligently made and that there is a factual basis for the plea. As part of its voluntariness inquiry, the court must determine whether the accused understands the minimum and maximum sentences for the charge.”

   4 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Sylvester v. State · Jackson v. State

3. “[I]t is not a prerequisite to a voluntary plea that the defendant understand the nature of parole, his eligibility for parole, and the circumstances under which it may be granted.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Gregory Tyler Moore v. State of Mississippi · 166 So. 3d 560 - Eric Daniel Lackaye v. State of Mississippi