State v. Jackson’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

26 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 26 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “alter the fundamental requirement that prosecution be properly instituted by bill of information that informs the accused of the nature of the accusations against him nor does it alter the requirement that a defendant's guilty plea be voluntarily and intelligently made”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. State v. Doussan · State v. Lemon

2. “Nothing contained herein shall be construed to prohibit the defendant from entering a plea of guilty to a crime uonresponsive to thE original indictment when such a plea is acceptable to the district attorney, and in such ease, the district attorney shell not be required to file a new indictment to charge the crime to which the plea is offered.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. State ex rel. Thomas v. State · 244 So. 3d 519 - State v. Ayala

3. “The article states that when a defendant wishes to plead guilty to a crime not responsive to that charged in tiro indictment and the district attorney agrees, then nothing contained in the article prohibits the defendant from making such a plea and the district attorney is not required to file a new indictment. The article does not indicate whether the bill can, should, or must be amended. We cannot infer a positive intent from tills silence on the part of the legislature to impose an obligation to amend the bill, particularly an obligation that divests the trial courts of jurisdiction when it is not satisfied and that defeats the wishes and best interests of the defendant in making the plea,”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. State ex rel. Thomas v. State