Ditto v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

15 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 15 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “a plea agreement in which the State makes no recommendation on probation or does not address it at all, but sets a cap on punishment, is satisfied when the trial court assesses as punishment deferred adjudication probation within the terms of the cap. Imposition of a higher sentence is not precluded upon proceeding to adjudication due to a violation of the terms of deferred adjudication probation since the bargain was satisfied and completed by previous assessment of the deferred adjudication probation.”

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

2. “the defendant in an express manner. Instead, the trial judge stated only that he would defer a finding of guilt and place the defendant on probation for ten years. The Court of Criminal Appeals stated that in imposing punishment that comported exactly with the terms of the plea agreement, the trial judge informed the appellant by his action that he would follow the terms of the agreement. By footnote, the Court of Criminal Appeals stated the following:”

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