922 So. 2d 802 - Bush v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

5 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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “knowingly and intelligently concluded that his best interests require entry of the guilty plea.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Harding v. State · 966 So. 2d 827 - Cougle v. State

2. “Bush is correct that a plea of nolo con-tendere is inapplicable in felony cases. However, the record indicates that Bush did not enter a plea of nolo contendere. Instead, the record shows that Bush entered a valid plea of guilty often referred to as an Alford plea in recognition of the holding by the Supreme Court in North Carolina v. Alford.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Anthony Ruffin v. State of Mississippi

3. “The trial court's denial will not be reversed absent a finding that the trial court's decision was clearly erroneous.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 966 So. 2d 827 - Cougle v. State