9 Md. App. 191 - McCall v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1970
Citation profile
3 federal appellate · 57 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 60 later decisions — most recently January 2020 · most notably Metheny v. State (2000), United States v. Lee (1976)
3 federal appellate · 57 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 Boykin v. Alabama · Carnley v. Cochran · Kercheval v. United States · Commonwealth Ex Rel. West v. Rundle · 4 Md. App. 689 - Strawderman v. State
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 60 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(1) voluntarily—that is not through coercion, terror, inducements, or subtle or blatant threats; and (2) with an intelligent understanding—that is not through ignorance or incomprehension: (a) of the nature of the offense; and (b) of the possible consequences of the plea; and (3) unconditionally.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Thus in this jurisdiction since Boykin , the trial court must determine that the conduct which the defendant admits constitutes the offense charged to which he has pleaded guilty. Requiring this determination of the relation between the law and the acts which the defendant admits having committed is designed to protect a defendant who is in the position of pleading voluntarily with an understanding nature of the charge but without realizing that his conduct does not actually fall within the charge. And the record must affirmatively show the acts which the defendant admits which served as the basis for the court's determination. We think it preferable that such determination by the court be made before the acceptance of the plea of guilty. We point out that the determination of the factual basis for the plea is predicated upon conduct of the defendant which he admits. Therefore, insofar as the acceptance of the guilty plea is concerned, it is not a question of the credibility of the defendant or the weight to be given to facts and circumstances with regard to that conduct nor is it a matter of resolving conflicting information before the court regarding his conduct. The inquiry is not a matter of what the State may be able to prove on a trial of the merits, but is confined to what the defendant admits he did. If the conduct which he admits is not sufficient to constitute the offense to which he pleads guilty, the plea shall not be accepted. To the extent that this is a departu”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Metheny v. State“A majority of criminal convictions are obtained after a plea of guilty. If these convictions are to be insulated from attack, the trial court is best advised to conduct an on the record examination of the defendant which should include, inter alia, an attempt to satisfy itself that the defendant understands the nature of the charges, his right to a jury trial, the acts sufficient to constitute the offenses for which he is charged, and the permissible range of sentences.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Metheny v. State
How this case has been treated — in progress
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