Alzarka v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

19 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 19 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[1]t is clear that appellant’s attorney, the district attorney, and the trial court intended for appellant to have the right to appeal, that such was a term of the plea agreement, and that the inclusion of, or failure to cross out, the language about waiving appeal in the plea forms was an oversight. [[Image here]] We conclude that the record, in which the trial judge, the district attorney, and appellant’s attorney repeatedly made statements agreeing that appellant would be permitted to appeal, directly contradicts and rebuts any presumption raised by the terms of the boiler-plate plea form signed by appellant and reflects that appellant did not waive appeal.”

   4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Deleon, Ex Parte Jesus · White v. State

2. “[I]f the punishment assessed by the Court does not exceed the punishment recommended by the prosecutor and agreed to by you and your attorney, the Court must give its permission to you before you may prosecute an appeal on any matter in this case except for those matters raised by you by written motion filed prior to trial.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. White v. State

3. “the language about waiving appeal in the plea forms was an oversight” and”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Thomas, Heather