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2 canonical passages across 2 cases, quoted by 166 opinions in total. These passages cluster together because the same opinions keep quoting them side by side: they state parts of one doctrine. The anchor passage is from Boykin v. Alabama.

#Case FlagCanonical passage Citers
1 Boykin v. Alabama Anchor
scotus · 1969
red “it was error, plain on the face of the record, for the trial judge to accept petitioner's guilty plea without an affirmative showing that it was intelligent and voluntary.” 162
2 Meyers v. Gillis
ca3 · 1998
green “meyers did not realize he was, in all reality, pleading guilty to an offense that did not allow him to receive parole in the future.” 4

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