Creech v. State’s Empirical Analysis
2008
Citation profile
30 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 30 later decisions — most recently September 2021 · most notably Woods v. State (2008), Ricci v. State (2008)
30 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on United States v. Wiggins · United States v. Khattak · Childress v. State · United States v. Melancon · United States v. Wenger
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 30 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Creech does not claim that the language of the plea agreement was unclear or that he misunderstood the terms of the agreement at the time he signed it, but rather claims that his otherwise knowing and voluntary plea lost its knowing and voluntary status because the judge told him at the end of the sentencing hearing that he could appeal. * *# * # * # By the time the trial court erroneously advised Creech of the possibility of appeal, Creech had already pled guilty and received the benefit of his bargain. Being told at the close of the hearing that he could appeal presumably had no effect on that transaction.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. Ivy v. State · Ricci v. State“(Id. at 20-21.) DISCUSSION AND DECISION A defendant may waive the right to appellate review of his sentence as part of a written plea agreement. Creech v. State, 887 N.E.2d 73, 75 (Ind.2008). Creech and the State entered into a plea agreement, which provided”
2 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. Johnson v. State · Akens v. State“I hereby waive my right to appeal my sentence so long as the Judge sentences me within the terms of my plea agreement.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.